How common is the surname Luo?

10,005 people in the United States had the surname Luo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,859 Americans. It ranked 3,564th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Luo?

Luo Guanzhong, 14th-century Chinese writer, followed by Luo Qinshun.

Where is the surname Luo most common?

Wikidata records people named Luo in Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty and the People's Republic of China and 1 other country.

Is the surname Luo getting more or less common?

More common. 4,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,005 in 2010, up 101%.

The surname Luo

A Chinese surname, carried by 10,005 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luo is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Transliteration of Mandarin 洛 (luò).

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 10,005 people named Luo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,859 Americans. That is up 101% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,990.

#3,564

rank among US surnames

10,005

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+100.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,291)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,555	Faber	10,039	30,755
#3,556	Layman	10,038	30,758
#3,557	Calvillo	10,032	30,776
#3,558	Sanborn	10,025	30,798
#3,559	Harter	10,020	30,813
#3,560	Tuck	10,018	30,819
#3,561	Mauldin	10,011	30,841

Who is named Luo

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

98% of people named Luo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%

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.

Famous Luos

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luo Guanzhong
14th-century Chinese writer, 1330–1400
Luo Qinshun
Author and writer (1465-1547)
Justin Lo
American singer-songwriter, born 1976
Clara Law
Australian film director, born 1957
Stanislaus Lo Kuang
Bishop of Tainan, archbishop of Taipei, 1911–2004
Law Tsz Chun
Association football player, born 1997

Notable Luos come mostly from Yuan dynasty (1), Ming dynasty (1) and the People's Republic of China (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Luo

Luo 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 Luo come from?: Transliteration of Mandarin 洛 (luò).
How common is the surname Luo?: 10,005 people in the United States had the surname Luo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,859 Americans. It ranked 3,564th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Luo?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Luo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 0.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Luo?: Luo Guanzhong, 14th-century Chinese writer, followed by Luo Qinshun.
Where is the surname Luo most common?: Wikidata records people named Luo in Yuan dynasty, Ming dynasty and the People's Republic of China and 1 other country.
Is the surname Luo getting more or less common?: More common. 4,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,005 in 2010, up 101%.
What are other spellings of Luo?: Lo.