How common is the last name Lau?

30,237 people in the United States have the last name Lau, about 1 in 9,885. It ranks #1,136 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LAU

#1,136

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
30,237
About
1 in 9,885
This common or more
41.2%
Who bears it

Of the 30,237 people with the last name Lau, 76.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 15.1% as White and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lau

#1,134 Lutz · 30,324#1,135 Workman · 30,287#1,137 Pickett · 30,232#1,138 Donnelly · 30,193

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lau, most common first.

#1,072 Law · 32,116#1,614 Lai · 21,611#1,896 Lay · 18,585#4,298 La · 7,987#5,096 Lao · 6,668#22,007 Laue · 1,204#30,557 Lah · 818#95,461 Lae · 205

Also a first name

As a first name, Lau ranks #21,849 of 53,615, with 461 people. See Lau as a first name

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