Lo'o Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Lo'o Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lo'o Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1071:494,78133,101
Papua New Guinea251:326,14943,617
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Lo'o (13) may also be a first name.

Lo'o Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lo'o Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lo'o is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Lo'o click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lo'o? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,518,885th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Lo'o live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Lo'o is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 13 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 494,781. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lo'ot894/
Lo'oh892/
Loho757,840/
Louo75563/
Looh75334/
La'o7564/
Laoo7547/
Lioo7536/
Lyoo7531/
Loeo758/
Luoo754/
Looo753/
Looa752/
Lohou671,934/
Louot6798/
Logio6759/
Lohoy6746/
Lojjo6737/
Lohoi6733/
Lojio6726/
Loiyo6711/
Louoh6710/
Lohop679/
Lauoo675/
Lojho675/
Loijo675/
Luoou674/
Louos674/
Laood673/
Hloho672/
Lyoho672/
Liooi672/
La'oo671/
Laooh671/
Laoop671/
Laoos671/
Lohoz671/
Louou671/
Louop671/
Loooo671/
Lohoš671/
La'ou671/
Looat670/
Looas670/

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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'o
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