# Lo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,687 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,036 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,456 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (14,534 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Luo |

## Etymology

From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lo in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 91% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lo in Brazil, the United States and the People's Republic of China.

## People named Lo

- Leandro Lo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete
- Malinda Lo, American writer of young adult novels (1974-)
- Lo Sin Yan Happy, badminton player from Hong Kong

## Similar surnames

Low, Loy, Louie, Loo, Lough, Lóu, Loh, Loe, Loew, Lowy, Loi, Liou.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.