How common is the last name Lu?

46,937 people in the United States have the last name Lu, about 1 in 6,368. It ranks #717 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LU

#717

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
46,937
About
1 in 6,368
This common or more
35.9%
Who bears it

Of the 46,937 people with the last name Lu, 95.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.2% as White and 1.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lu

#715 Mata · 47,012#716 Wiley · 46,986#718 Sawyer · 46,929#719 Melton · 46,858

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,959 Luu · 17,974#2,191 Luo · 16,214#5,277 Lui · 6,377#9,088 Lua · 3,453#20,777 Lue · 1,289#36,053 Luy · 669#61,433 Luh · 353

Also a first name

As a first name, Lu ranks #3,199 of 53,615, with 6,744 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1954, with 394 births. See Lu as a first name

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