# Lue (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lue/  
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) | 1,184 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,926 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 260,765 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (951 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Dutch and north German surname, spelling variant of Loo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lue 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) | 9.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 46% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 10% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lue in the United States.

## People named Lue

- Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach

## Similar surnames

Lu, Luu, Luo, Lui, Lua, Laue, Luy, Lee, Li, Le, Lowe, Liu.

## 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.