Lou Forename
1,868th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 536,805 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Macau
Lou Forename Definition:
A diminutive of both Louis and, less generally, Louisa. Cf. Lew.
Lou Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 343,855 | 1:67 | 13 |
| United States | 87% | 79,727 | 1:4,547 | 669 |
| China | - | 60,304 | 1:22,653 | 3,688 |
| Macau | - | 9,555 | 1:64 | 9 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8,492 | 1:913 | 88 |
| Canada | 99% | 7,493 | 1:4,422 | 713 |
| Philippines | 57% | 5,890 | 1:17,998 | 1,961 |
| Australia | - | 3,791 | 1:3,603 | 556 |
| England | 60% | 2,628 | 1:21,158 | 1,324 |
| Netherlands | 93% | 2,423 | 1:6,976 | 983 |
| France | 94% | 2,308 | 1:28,800 | 1,129 |
| Singapore | 60% | 1,733 | 1:3,628 | 554 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,172 | 1:3,870 | 610 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 816 | 1:37,760 | 4,574 |
| Greece | 100% | 709 | 1:15,422 | 829 |
| Egypt | 75% | 607 | 1:151,402 | 6,063 |
| South Africa | 81% | 463 | 1:117,781 | 9,034 |
| Morocco | - | 409 | 1:83,982 | 2,937 |
| Thailand | 69% | 309 | 1:226,750 | 14,260 |
| Indonesia | - | 257 | 1:1,003,750 | 62,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65% | 241 | 1:33,827 | 3,343 |
| Portugal | - | 203 | 1:51,285 | 1,756 |
| Belgium | 94% | 198 | 1:58,031 | 2,639 |
| Taiwan | 75% | 172 | 1:138,196 | 14,423 |
| Brazil | 99% | 170 | 1:1,260,213 | 30,739 |
| Germany | 68% | 165 | 1:585,927 | 5,766 |
| Israel | 52% | 148 | 1:56,776 | 3,294 |
| Malaysia | 55% | 126 | 1:241,666 | 13,182 |
| Burkina Faso | 83% | 124 | 1:148,222 | 7,245 |
| Sweden | 86% | 116 | 1:84,982 | 3,840 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Guam | - | 112 | 1:1,434 | 319 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| Mexico | 72% | 107 | 1:1,160,228 | 8,810 |
| Switzerland | 87% | 107 | 1:76,762 | 2,739 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Spain | 100% | 99 | 1:470,000 | 6,137 |
| Wales | 71% | 92 | 1:33,634 | 1,439 |
| Scotland | 60% | 90 | 1:59,449 | 1,748 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 65 | 1:20,945 | 2,448 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 62 | 1:1,190,768 | 33,715 |
| Japan | - | 61 | 1:2,098,132 | 20,032 |
| Italy | 54% | 60 | 1:1,017,702 | 8,778 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 48 | 1:5,628 | 744 |
| Qatar | 71% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Ireland | 100% | 44 | 1:105,535 | 2,547 |
| Russia | 78% | 44 | 1:3,278,039 | 18,568 |
| Denmark | - | 43 | 1:131,384 | 3,441 |
| India | 64% | 42 | 1:28,925,666 | 600,494 |
| Cambodia | 54% | 34 | 1:478,627 | 10,442 |
| Niger | 70% | 34 | 1:564,235 | 10,933 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 34 | 1:210,353 | 13,097 |
| Peru | 81% | 33 | 1:963,377 | 13,103 |
| Ecuador | - | 31 | 1:571,836 | 5,755 |
| French Polynesia | - | 27 | 1:10,293 | 1,329 |
| Liberia | 82% | 23 | 1:191,829 | 6,898 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 23 | 1:1,313,126 | 26,144 |
| Guernsey | - | 21 | 1:3,016 | 423 |
| Northern Ireland | 61% | 19 | 1:97,008 | 1,465 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 17 | 1:33,179 | 1,596 |
| Algeria | - | 16 | 1:2,386,045 | 7,118 |
| Lebanon | 88% | 16 | 1:351,723 | 5,446 |
| South Sudan | 67% | 16 | 1:721,939 | 1,033 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Guatemala | - | 15 | 1:1,073,895 | 4,712 |
| Jamaica | - | 13 | 1:221,787 | 7,032 |
| Chile | 91% | 12 | 1:1,467,267 | 11,454 |
| Benin | 100% | 11 | 1:961,440 | 24,735 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| South Korea | - | 11 | 1:504,038 | 12,654 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 10 | 1:17,756,436 | 163,035 |
| Finland | 75% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Honduras | - | 9 | 1:979,719 | 11,190 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Poland | 73% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 8 | 1:11,577,889 | 4,258 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Colombia | - | 7 | 1:6,825,561 | 33,843 |
| Costa Rica | 75% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Hungary | 50% | 7 | 1:1,398,824 | 3,444 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Argentina | - | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Czechia | 52% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Jordan | 75% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | 100% | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
Lou (845,855) may also be a surname.
Lou Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A diminutive of both Louis and, less generally, Louisa. Cf. Lew.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Lou Forename Popularity
Lou Demographics
Average Lou Salary in
United States
$42,762 USD
Per year
Rank:
213,457 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0189493
Rank: 705 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
98.24%
Sample size: 36,530 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lhou | 86 | 3,722 | / |
| Loue | 86 | 1,823 | / |
| Lous | 86 | 1,141 | / |
| Louy | 86 | 936 | / |
| Louh | 86 | 757 | / |
| Loud | 86 | 392 | / |
| Loup | 86 | 315 | / |
| Lout | 86 | 184 | / |
| Lohu | 86 | 72 | / |
| Louz | 86 | 69 | / |
| Loux | 86 | 15 | / |
| Llou | 86 | 11 | / |
| Louj | 86 | 5 | / |
| Hlou | 86 | 5 | / |
| Loué | 86 | 2 | / |
| Lgou | 86 | 1 | / |
| L'ou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lèou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lu | 80 | 170,717 | / |
| Lo | 80 | 51,540 | / |
| Louie | 75 | 98,156 | / |
| Louha | 75 | 241 | / |
| Loujy | 75 | 202 | / |
| Louia | 75 | 114 | / |
| Layou | 75 | 94 | / |
| Loues | 75 | 63 | / |
| Louji | 75 | 58 | / |
| Louys | 75 | 58 | / |
| Loued | 75 | 41 | / |
| Louhe | 75 | 37 | / |
| Leyou | 75 | 37 | / |
| Loutt | 75 | 35 | / |
| Louya | 75 | 29 | / |
| Loujo | 75 | 29 | / |
| Louss | 75 | 26 | / |
| Louet | 75 | 26 | / |
| Louja | 75 | 23 | / |
| Louyd | 75 | 20 | / |
| Louee | 75 | 19 | / |
| Louye | 75 | 19 | / |
| Louts | 75 | 17 | / |
| Laoue | 75 | 15 | / |
| Lhoux | 75 | 14 | / |
| Loush | 75 | 13 | / |
| Lloud | 75 | 12 | / |
| Laiou | 75 | 11 | / |
| Louii | 75 | 10 | / |
| Louez | 75 | 10 | / |
| Louïs | 75 | 9 | / |
| Louch | 75 | 9 | / |
| Luoou | 75 | 9 | / |
| Louje | 75 | 8 | / |
| Louyz | 75 | 7 | / |
| Loiau | 75 | 5 | / |
| Lhout | 75 | 5 | / |
| Lajou | 75 | 5 | / |
| L'Hou | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hloue | 75 | 4 | / |
| Leiou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Louij | 75 | 3 | / |
| Louds | 75 | 2 | / |
| Leeou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lhoue | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lhous | 75 | 2 | / |
| Loust | 75 | 2 | / |
| Loueh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Louhd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Louhy | 75 | 2 | / |
| Louph | 75 | 2 | / |
| lo Wu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lloue | 75 | 1 | / |
| Llout | 75 | 1 | / |
| Llhou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhouz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loyau | 75 | 1 | / |
| Louís | 75 | 1 | / |
| Louıs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lou'y | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loudd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loueï | 75 | 1 | / |
| Louht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Louio | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lou's | 75 | 1 | / |
| Loudt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Louzt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hlous | 75 | 1 | / |
| Llgou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Louhh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Luz | 67 | 2,552,166 | / |
| Loi | 67 | 250,477 | / |
| Luh | 67 | 66,870 | / |
| Luu | 67 | 56,254 | / |
| Loy | 67 | 52,214 | / |
| Liu | 67 | 39,521 | / |
| Lau | 67 | 22,725 | / |
| Lot | 67 | 19,820 | / |
| Lue | 67 | 17,584 | / |
| Lui | 67 | 14,175 | / |
| Loz | 67 | 13,951 | / |
| Lut | 67 | 13,124 | / |
| Lus | 67 | 9,252 | / |
| Loh | 67 | 8,619 | / |
| Lio | 67 | 8,346 | / |
| Loo | 67 | 7,997 | / |
| Luy | 67 | 6,504 | / |
| Luo | 67 | 5,929 | / |
| Loa | 67 | 5,322 | / |
| Loe | 67 | 5,031 | / |
| Lux | 67 | 4,151 | / |
| Lop | 67 | 3,306 | / |
| Lud | 67 | 1,671 | / |
| Leu | 67 | 1,579 | / |
| Los | 67 | 1,359 | / |
| Lup | 67 | 1,307 | / |
| Lyu | 67 | 876 | / |
| Lyo | 67 | 493 | / |
| Lod | 67 | 441 | / |
| Laihou | 67 | 399 | / |
| Loj | 67 | 385 | / |
| Louies | 67 | 274 | / |
| Lho | 67 | 258 | / |
| Leihou | 67 | 227 | / |
| Luj | 67 | 185 | / |
| Lougie | 67 | 172 | / |
| Llo | 67 | 132 | / |
| Llu | 67 | 124 | / |
| Lèo | 67 | 97 | / |
| Lhu | 67 | 47 | / |
| Lhouie | 67 | 41 | / |
| Lohoue | 67 | 31 | / |
| Hlu | 67 | 26 | / |
| Hlo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Louied | 67 | 18 | / |
| Louett | 67 | 17 | / |
| Louije | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lgu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Louias | 67 | 14 | / |
| Layout | 67 | 13 | / |
| Louggi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Luí | 67 | 10 | / |
| Louyah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Louios | 67 | 8 | / |
| Geelou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Luá | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lgo | 67 | 6 | / |
| lo Yau | 67 | 6 | / |
| Llouie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Louess | 67 | 5 | / |
| Louiee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Louiae | 67 | 3 | / |
| Louieh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llouyd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Liayou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lhouss | 67 | 3 | / |
| Loï | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luohou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Luì | 67 | 2 | / |
| Louyas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Louyee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loë | 67 | 2 | / |
| Louehe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loujah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loujed | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loujee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loujeh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loujoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Layous | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lloued | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lahoue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loutch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loujos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Glilou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gliouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ðlo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hloush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lão | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loihau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llouha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llouhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llouia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lloutt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Liohou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lauhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laoues | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lei'ou | 67 | 1 | / |
| L'Hous | 67 | 1 | / |
| L'Lout | 67 | 1 | / |
| L'O | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loyaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loyauh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louyat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louchz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loujet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loue'e | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louedd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loueht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lougge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louhie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louiez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lioues | 67 | 1 | / |
| lo Yui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louyes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lou-Ay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lajouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luë | 67 | 1 | / |
Lou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lou in the Russian language | ||
| Лоу | lou | - |
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Footnotes
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lou