lo Yu Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

lo Yu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

lo Yu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

lo Yu (15) may also be a first name.

lo Yu Last Name Facts

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

The last name lo Yu is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname lo Yu is primarily found in Asia, where 83 percent of lo Yu reside; 83 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 83 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. lo Yu is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia lo Yu is primarily concentrated in: Sabah, where 80 percent reside, Johor, where 10 percent reside and Malacca, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Malaysia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
lo You9147/
lo Yiu911/
lo Ju801/
La Yu801/
lo Jui734/
lo Hiu731/
Lo-Yiu731/
La Uju557/
lo Joo552/
lo Joe551/
La Jau551/
La Joux501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Yu
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