American Surnames

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The LO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 14,534 2292 0.005 54
United States (1880 census) 64 43140 0 1
Change since 1880 +14470 +40848 +N/A +53
Other Countries
Australia 1,712 951 0.01 105
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for LO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 5,446 691 0.016 161
New York 2,132 989 0.011 112
New Jersey 919 1149 0.011 109
Texas 623 4149 0.003 30
Washington 481 1821 0.008 82
Top States for LO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 5,446 691 0.016 161
Hawaii 172 644 0.014 142
New York 2,132 989 0.011 112
New Jersey 919 1149 0.011 109
Washington 481 1821 0.008 82

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LO in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LO by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LO

Region of origin: Asia

Ethnic distribution of LO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 491 3.38
White (Caucasian) 384 2.64
Black/African American 158 1.09
White (Hispanic) 134 0.92
Asian/Pacific 13,361 91.93
Native American/Alaskan 7 0.05

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LO in historical publications

SAINT LO. SAINT LOE. SAINT

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to LO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.