lo May Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

lo May Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

lo May Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

lo May (17) may also be a first name.

lo May Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name lo May Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name lo May is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of lo May.

How Common Is The Last Name lo May? popularity and diffusion

lo May is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of lo May live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. lo May is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.

lo May is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia lo May is mostly concentrated in: Kuala Lumpur, where 50 percent reside, Johor, where 25 percent reside and Kedah, where 25 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia it is found in one country. It is also found in Australia, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo Ma914/
La May8376/
lo Mas839/
lo Moy832/
lo Mai831/
lo Mau831/
La Maya773/
lo Maie771/
La Mayo770/
La Ma732/
Los Mats711/
La Mas6776/
lo Mui6767/
lo Mei6718/
lo Mee6712/
lo Moi677/
La Moy677/
La Mai674/
lo Mio674/
lo Más672/
lo Meu671/
La Mau671/
La Maa671/
La Hmad621/
La Mach621/
La Maih621/
La Miya621/
La Moia621/
La Mash621/
La Maiu621/
lo Meio621/
La Maut620/
La Mahai571/
lo Muoio571/
La Mi553/
La Mer5015/
La Moi5014/
La Mie506/
La Mee505/
La Más503/
La Mue503/
Lo-Mei502/
La Mãs501/
La Màs501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 lo May
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