Loayza
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/loaiθa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Loayza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country. In Bolivia it is the 68th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Variant of Loaiza. This surname is mostly found in Peru.
- PEPeru≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- BOBolivia≈1 in 1.2K
- ECEcuador1 in 3.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Peru (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 174 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈29,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Peru, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Variant of Loaiza. This surname is mostly found in Peru.
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Loayza counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE Peru | #155 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Loayza | 108 |
| BO Bolivia | #68 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Loayza | 50 |
| EC Ecuador | #564 | 5,078 | 1 in 3.3K | 5.1K | Loayza | 47 |
| AR Argentina | — | 1,589 | 1 in 29K | 1.6K | Loayza | 48 |
| ES Spain | — | 1,295 | 1 in 39K | 1.3K | Loayza | 77 |
| CL Chile | — | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Loayza | 49 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INEC — civil registry names; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jerónimo de Loayzab. 1498ESSpanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Lima (ca. 1489 - 1575)
- José Jorge Loayzab. 1827PEPeruvian politician, lawyer and judge (1827-1904)
- Roger Eloy Loayza Saavedrab. 1934PEPeruvian diplomat
- Luis Loayzab. 1934PEPeruvian writer
- Miguel Angel Loayzab. 1940PEPeruvian footballer (1940-2017)
- Marcos Loayzab. 1959BOBolivian architect
- Carlos Álvarezb. 1964PEnot in their usual namePeruvian actor
- Norman Loayzab. 1964USeconomist with World Bank Group (born 1964)
- Carlos Espinozab. 1985CLnot in their usual nameChilean footballer
- María José Lora Loayzab. 1990PEPeruvian model
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Loayza mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Loaiza. This surname is mostly found in Peru. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Loayza?
- A machine transcription gives /loaiθa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Loayza have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 29 thousand people named Loayza in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled loayza.
- How common is the name Loayza?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted 5,078 people named Loayza in 2024, about 1 in 3.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Loayza compared with other names?
- In Peru, Loayza is the 155th most common surname of 173,371 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/loayzaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Loayza” — the 155th most common surname in Peru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.