# Luo (surname)

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

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,005 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,564 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,859 people |
| Change since 2000 | +101% (4,990 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lo |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Mandarin 洛 (luò).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Luo 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) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Luo in Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty, the People's Republic of China and Australia.

## People named Luo

- Luo Guanzhong, 14th-century Chinese writer
- Luo Qinshun, author and writer (1465-1547)
- Justin Lo, American singer-songwriter
- Clara Law, Australian film director
- Stanislaus Lo Kuang, bishop of Tainan, archbishop of Taipei
- Law Tsz Chun, association football player

## Similar surnames

Lu, Luu, Lui, Lua, Lue, Luy, Lee, Li, Le, Lowe, Liu, Law.

## 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.