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looby Name Meaning and History

Irish (mostly Tipperary): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Lúbaigh ‘descendant of Lúbach’, a byname (literally ‘looped’) originally applied to a cunning person.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The looby name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the looby family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of looby Families in the US in 1920
Number of looby families
 17-31
 6-16		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 22 - Messages: 83
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unknown LOOBY donfordusa 0
Looby's in Bermuda michellelooby 0
Looby Family of Co. Roscommon bpavao_1 0
Looby Family of Co. Roscommon bpavao_1 0
Lawrence Looby kbellmer1 1
LOOBY'S OF TIPPERARY hlooby1 10
Peter Looby (Luby) kellyraey111 0
LOOBY family from Tipperary, Ireland to Ontario, Canada ChrisTanner07 4
shaking the branches of the family tree george p. looby 26
Looby's of Ireland (Loob, Luby, Lube) cschulte58 2
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