# Lum (surname)

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

An English surname transferred from the place name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,060 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,406 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,306 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.2% (8,074 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

As an English surname, from Middle English Lumb, from Old English Lumm, from lumm (“pool”). Analyzable as being from English lum (“pool”). As a Chinese surname, from Cantonese 林 (lam4).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lum 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) | 19% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 62% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 13% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lum in the United States.

## People named Lum

- Agnes Lum, American actor, model and singer
- Bertha Lum, American artist (1869-1954)
- Awkwafina, American actress, comedian, and rapper

## Similar surnames

Luoma, Lane, Luna, Leon, Lin, Lam, Lynn, Lim, Lyon, Lima, Leone, Layne.

## 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.