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    The surname Lui

    A Chinese surname, carried by 6,156 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L000

    Lui: #5,641 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lui #5,641, 6,156 people Lui: #5,641 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lui #5,641, 6,156 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lui is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Borrowed from Cantonese 雷 (leoi4) or 呂／吕 (leoi5).

    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 6,156 people named Lui in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,154 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,620.

    #5,641
    rank among US surnames
    6,156
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,662)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,632Bayless6,17150,032
    #5,633Pennell6,17050,040
    #5,636Diep6,16850,056
    #5,637Chalmers6,16650,072
    #5,638Weiland6,16350,097
    #5,639Trask6,16250,105
    #5,640Cooks6,15750,145

    Who is named Lui

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

    90% of people named Lui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lui

    Lui 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 Lui come from?
    Borrowed from Cantonese 雷 (leoi4) or 呂／吕 (leoi5).
    How common is the surname Lui?
    6,156 people in the United States had the surname Lui in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,154 Americans. It ranked 5,641st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lui?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Lui identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lui getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,156 in 2010, up 9.5%.