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    The surname Luu

    A Vietnamese surname, carried by 15,702 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L000

    Luu: #2,324 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Luu #2,324, 15,702 people Luu: #2,324 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Luu #2,324, 15,702 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Luu is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Vietnamese origin

    Borrowed from Vietnamese Lưu.

    One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,702 people named Luu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,663 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,965.

    #2,324
    rank among US surnames
    15,702
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,768)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,315Burnham15,77519,572
    #2,316Grubbs15,77319,574
    #2,317Redding15,76719,582
    #2,318Tilley15,75819,593
    #2,319Royal15,75519,597
    #2,320Busby15,75419,598
    #2,321Hillman15,73819,618

    Who is named Luu

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

    96% of people named Luu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% as two or more races and 1.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Luu

    Luu has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Other Vietnamese surnames

    All 31 Vietnamese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Luu come from?
    Borrowed from Vietnamese Lưu.
    How common is the surname Luu?
    15,702 people in the United States had the surname Luu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,663 Americans. It ranked 2,324th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Luu?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Luu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Luu getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,965 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,702 in 2010, up 31%.