How common is the surname Loh?

2,379 people in the United States had the surname Loh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,780 Americans. It ranked 12,921st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Loh?

Betty Loh, actress (1937-1968).

Where is the surname Loh most common?

Wikidata records people named Loh in Hong Kong.

Is the surname Loh getting more or less common?

More common. 2,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,379 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Loh

A Chinese surname, carried by 2,379 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loh is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Borrowed from Chinese, including * 羅／罗 (Mandarin: Luó; Cantonese: lo⁴; Hakka: Lò; Hokkien: Lô; Teochew: lo5), * 盧／卢 (Cantonese: lou⁴; Teochew: lou5), * Wu 陸／陆 (8loq), * 駱／骆 (Mandarin: Luò; Hokkien: Lo̍h), etc.

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,379 people named Loh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,780 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,150.

#12,921

rank among US surnames

2,379

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,064)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,914	Bartsch	2,381	129,671
#12,916	Davids	2,380	129,725
#12,921	Godbey	2,379	129,780
#12,927	Riggleman	2,378	129,834
#12,929	Hause	2,377	129,889

Who is named Loh

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

74% of people named Loh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 74%
White (not Hispanic) 19%
Two or more races 4.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Lohs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Betty Loh
Actress (1937-1968)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Loh

Loh has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Loh come from?: Borrowed from Chinese, including * 羅／罗 (Mandarin: Luó; Cantonese: lo⁴; Hakka: Lò; Hokkien: Lô; Teochew: lo5), * 盧／卢 (Cantonese: lou⁴; Teochew: lou5), * Wu 陸／陆 (8loq), * 駱／骆 (Mandarin: Luò; Hokkien: Lo̍h), etc.
How common is the surname Loh?: 2,379 people in the United States had the surname Loh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,780 Americans. It ranked 12,921st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Loh?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Loh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Loh?: Betty Loh, actress (1937-1968).
Where is the surname Loh most common?: Wikidata records people named Loh in Hong Kong.
Is the surname Loh getting more or less common?: More common. 2,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,379 in 2010, up 11%.