# Loo (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,645 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,977 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 84,704 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (3,237 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Dutch and north German surname, from loo (“wood, clearing”). * As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Lu.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loo 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) | 8.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 12% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 68% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 11% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loo in the United States.

## People named Loo

- Richard Loo, American character actor (1903–1983)

## Similar surnames

Lo, Low, Loy, Lóu, Loh, Loe, Loi, Loa, Lee, Li, Le, Lowe.

## 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.