Lo Surname
Approximately 302,664 people bear this surname
Lo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 124,137 | 1:746 | 76 |
| Senegal | 93,449 | 1:156 | 33 |
| United States | 20,935 | 1:17,314 | 2,189 |
| Canada | 8,582 | 1:4,293 | 582 |
| Nepal | 7,599 | 1:3,748 | 393 |
| Philippines | 4,710 | 1:21,494 | 2,721 |
| Cambodia | 3,693 | 1:4,194 | 649 |
| India | 3,277 | 1:234,075 | 13,681 |
| Thailand | 3,122 | 1:22,626 | 2,009 |
| Australia | 3,019 | 1:8,942 | 1,332 |
| Hong Kong | 2,685 | 1:2,732 | 177 |
| Mauritania | 2,439 | 1:1,679 | 214 |
| England | 2,298 | 1:24,246 | 3,349 |
| Myanmar | 1,983 | 1:26,192 | 466 |
| Malaysia | 1,932 | 1:15,266 | 1,530 |
| China | 1,465 | 1:933,325 | 286 |
| Indonesia | 1,462 | 1:90,458 | 9,474 |
| Morocco | 1,295 | 1:26,622 | 4,228 |
| Taiwan | 1,119 | 1:20,952 | 296 |
| Spain | 1,069 | 1:43,734 | 4,168 |
| France | 1,047 | 1:63,441 | 8,691 |
| Egypt | 824 | 1:111,573 | 9,244 |
| Saudi Arabia | 755 | 1:40,869 | 6,011 |
| Pakistan | 750 | 1:238,192 | 5,464 |
| Russia | 739 | 1:195,024 | 21,561 |
| Mali | 645 | 1:26,309 | 898 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| Brazil | 578 | 1:370,371 | 14,147 |
| Papua New Guinea | 445 | 1:18,323 | 1,846 |
| New Zealand | 387 | 1:11,701 | 2,029 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Vanuatu | 315 | 1:836 | 191 |
| French Polynesia | 295 | 1:952 | 100 |
| South Africa | 291 | 1:186,178 | 20,298 |
| Japan | 239 | 1:534,913 | 14,945 |
| Italy | 225 | 1:271,808 | 35,519 |
| Netherlands | 204 | 1:82,780 | 13,829 |
| Germany | 181 | 1:444,782 | 39,627 |
| Macau | 163 | 1:3,691 | 293 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Ivory Coast | 153 | 1:150,792 | 7,039 |
| Portugal | 151 | 1:68,995 | 3,598 |
| Brunei | 150 | 1:2,792 | 486 |
| Sweden | 145 | 1:67,909 | 5,148 |
| Mexico | 130 | 1:954,817 | 12,807 |
| Switzerland | 123 | 1:66,772 | 8,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 115 | 1:79,672 | 7,295 |
| Panama | 113 | 1:34,622 | 1,928 |
| Norway | 110 | 1:46,748 | 6,702 |
| Suriname | 109 | 1:5,070 | 1,155 |
| Singapore | 86 | 1:64,043 | 2,603 |
| New Caledonia | 83 | 1:3,328 | 498 |
| Scotland | 83 | 1:64,504 | 5,145 |
| Belarus | 74 | 1:128,393 | 18,481 |
| Peru | 73 | 1:435,399 | 13,331 |
| Kazakhstan | 63 | 1:280,675 | 23,957 |
| Greece | 53 | 1:209,053 | 32,911 |
| Guatemala | 51 | 1:315,346 | 4,565 |
| Venezuela | 50 | 1:604,082 | 10,803 |
| Wales | 50 | 1:61,891 | 5,534 |
| Ukraine | 47 | 1:968,568 | 91,201 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Belgium | 43 | 1:267,364 | 32,244 |
| Latvia | 43 | 1:47,675 | 7,247 |
| Lithuania | 42 | 1:72,252 | 10,722 |
| Turkey | 40 | 1:1,945,536 | 68,232 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Estonia | 38 | 1:34,784 | 6,408 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Costa Rica | 27 | 1:177,040 | 2,395 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| Mongolia | 26 | 1:108,665 | 7,123 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Finland | 25 | 1:219,868 | 18,073 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Belize | 24 | 1:14,811 | 1,562 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Niger | 22 | 1:872,364 | 19,806 |
| Northern Ireland | 21 | 1:87,859 | 5,745 |
| South Korea | 20 | 1:2,562,013 | 525 |
| Iceland | 19 | 1:20,005 | 1,629 |
| Poland | 19 | 1:2,000,460 | 98,816 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| Aruba | 14 | 1:7,391 | 1,045 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 13 | 1:459,435 | 35,797 |
| Paraguay | 13 | 1:556,673 | 7,036 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Armenia | 10 | 1:293,018 | 6,863 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Laos | 9 | 1:732,036 | 508 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Haiti | 5 | 1:2,136,781 | 15,037 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cape Verde | 2 | 1:264,821 | 5,214 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 64 | 1:784,667 | 49,209 |
The alternate forms: Lô (466), Ló (82) & Lò (4) are calculated separately.
Lo (51,540) may also be a first name.
Lo Demographics
Average Lo Salary in
United States
$48,656 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lo (Bengali: লো, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻮ, Hindi: लो, Marathi: लॉ, Oriya: େଲା, Russian: Ло) occurs most in Vietnam. It may also occur as: Lô, Ló or Lò. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lo is the 1,812th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 24,078 people. The surname Lo occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Lo are found; 46 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 41 percent are found in Viet-Asia. It is also the 18,034th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 51,540 people.
The last name Lo is most frequently occurring in Vietnam, where it is borne by 124,137 people, or 1 in 746. In Vietnam Lo is most frequent in: Northwest, where 54 percent are found, North Central, where 12 percent are found and Red River Delta, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Vietnam this surname exists in 163 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Lo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lo last name increased 32,711 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 114,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (69%) in Russia, Orthodox (57%) in Belarus and Orthodox (70%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Lo last name are 10.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.67% registered with the party.
The amount Lo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 15.53% less than the national average, earning 292,342 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.67% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,673 per year; in South Africa they earn 1.63% less than the national average, earning R 233,760 per year; in Vietnam they earn 21.47% less than the national average, earning 64,743,900 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 12.76% more than the national average, earning $48,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23% more than the national average, earning $61,112 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lô | 83 | 466 | / |
| Ló | 83 | 82 | / |
| Lò | 83 | 4 | / |
| Luo | 80 | 14,714,385 | / |
| Lou | 80 | 845,855 | / |
| Loh | 80 | 91,544 | / |
| Loo | 80 | 54,347 | / |
| Loi | 80 | 38,016 | / |
| Loy | 80 | 32,104 | / |
| Lot | 80 | 15,517 | / |
| Los | 80 | 15,197 | / |
| Lio | 80 | 11,281 | / |
| Loa | 80 | 9,955 | / |
| Loz | 80 | 9,438 | / |
| Lod | 80 | 2,316 | / |
| Lop | 80 | 1,557 | / |
| Lho | 80 | 445 | / |
| Loß | 80 | 395 | / |
| Loş | 80 | 350 | / |
| Loj | 80 | 293 | / |
| Lyo | 80 | 272 | / |
| Hlo | 80 | 59 | / |
| Llo | 80 | 51 | / |
| Loš | 80 | 50 | / |
| Loç | 80 | 49 | / |
| Lgo | 80 | 25 | / |
| Loï | 80 | 17 | / |
| Loë | 80 | 6 | / |
| Loå | 80 | 2 | / |
| Loč | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loá | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loî | 80 | 1 | / |
| Loû | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lott | 67 | 43,819 | / |
| Loos | 67 | 29,404 | / |
| Loyd | 67 | 20,562 | / |
| Loch | 67 | 19,363 | / |
| Lodh | 67 | 15,015 | / |
| Lois | 67 | 10,100 | / |
| Loss | 67 | 7,799 | / |
| Loup | 67 | 4,567 | / |
| Llop | 67 | 4,544 | / |
| Loop | 67 | 4,320 | / |
| Louz | 67 | 4,007 | / |
| Lood | 67 | 3,623 | / |
| Loud | 67 | 3,368 | / |
| Loux | 67 | 2,814 | / |
| Louh | 67 | 2,555 | / |
| Losh | 67 | 2,363 | / |
| Liot | 67 | 2,321 | / |
| Lopp | 67 | 1,903 | / |
| Lohy | 67 | 1,504 | / |
| Lots | 67 | 1,503 | / |
| Loit | 67 | 1,426 | / |
| Lioe | 67 | 1,326 | / |
| Lods | 67 | 1,030 | / |
| Lioy | 67 | 978 | / |
| Lous | 67 | 848 | / |
| Loot | 67 | 795 | / |
| Looy | 67 | 735 | / |
| Lout | 67 | 696 | / |
| Hlou | 67 | 664 | / |
| Lios | 67 | 535 | / |
| Loïs | 67 | 490 | / |
| Lhou | 67 | 417 | / |
| Looz | 67 | 402 | / |
| Loys | 67 | 388 | / |
| Loiz | 67 | 379 | / |
| Lloy | 67 | 303 | / |
| Loid | 67 | 291 | / |
| Looß | 67 | 221 | / |
| Lohu | 67 | 211 | / |
| Liop | 67 | 205 | / |
| Hlod | 67 | 177 | / |
| Lloa | 67 | 169 | / |
| Lodd | 67 | 112 | / |
| Lost | 67 | 104 | / |
| Hlot | 67 | 96 | / |
| Luod | 67 | 80 | / |
| Lohß | 67 | 67 | / |
| Luot | 67 | 52 | / |
| Lodz | 67 | 50 | / |
| Louč | 67 | 49 | / |
| Glio | 67 | 47 | / |
| Hloi | 67 | 44 | / |
| Lloh | 67 | 43 | / |
| Llos | 67 | 41 | / |
| Lioz | 67 | 40 | / |
| Looe | 67 | 37 | / |
| Loij | 67 | 35 | / |
| Hloz | 67 | 28 | / |
| Luoy | 67 | 27 | / |
| Lojt | 67 | 27 | / |
| Liod | 67 | 26 | / |
| Loiš | 67 | 25 | / |
| Lloi | 67 | 21 | / |
| L'Ho | 67 | 18 | / |
| Losj | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lodp | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lioa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Lhot | 67 | 15 | / |
| Loyt | 67 | 14 | / |
| L'Lo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Loph | 67 | 13 | / |
| Lojš | 67 | 12 | / |
| Lhop | 67 | 10 | / |
| Hlos | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lloo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hlyo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lhlo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Lioj | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lhoi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hloh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Luos | 67 | 6 | / |
| Luop | 67 | 6 | / |
| Lyoh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lozz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Liuo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luoa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Luoe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lloz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lopf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llod | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llio | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ločs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lohj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lhoy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llgo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lhgo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Looa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Looj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Losd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loyh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lhoz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lodt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lgou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Luoz | 67 | 2 | / |
| D'Lo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hlio | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loës | 67 | 2 | / |
| Loët | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hllo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hloa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lgoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lloj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lyoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loip | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lohd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loič | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loëz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loïa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loøy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loûs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loÿs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loğa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lobp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lluo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lotd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loyj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lgoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hluo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hloo | 67 | 1 | / |
Lo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lo in the Bengali language | ||
| লো | lo | - |
| Lo in the Oriya language | ||
| େଲା | ela | - |
| Lo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻮ | lw | 99.46 |
| ﻟﻮﻩ | lwh | 0.41 |
| ﺑﻮ | bw | 0.14 |
| Lo in the Hindi language | ||
| लो | lo | 81.03 |
| लोढ़ा | lorha | 18.97 |
| Lo in the Marathi language | ||
| लॉ | lo | 50.65 |
| लो | lo | 49.35 |
| Lo in the Russian language | ||
| Ло | lo | - |
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Footnotes
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