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The LU surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 22,977 1424 0.009 85
United States (1880 census) 109 29781 0 2
Change since 1880 +22868 +28357 +N/A +83
Other Countries
Australia 2,202 723 0.013 135
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for LU by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 8,812 360 0.026 260
New York 2,637 649 0.014 139
Texas 1,587 1606 0.008 76
New Jersey 1,250 693 0.015 149
Pennsylvania 762 2033 0.006 62
Top States for LU by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 8,812 360 0.026 260
New Jersey 1,250 693 0.015 149
Hawaii 172 552 0.014 142
New York 2,637 649 0.014 139
Washington 750 982 0.013 127

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

Classification and Origin of LU

Region of origin: Asia

Ethnic distribution of LU in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 395 1.72
White (Caucasian) 379 1.65
White (Hispanic) 145 0.63
Black/African American 51 0.22
Asian/Pacific 21,996 95.73
Native American/Alaskan 14 0.06

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

Meaning of LU in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of LU.

Similar names to LU

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LU.

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.