Lù Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Lù Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
The alternate forms: Lu (21,328,039), Lü (237), Lú (161), Lû (2), Lȗ (2), Lữ (1) & Lư (1) are calculated separately.
Lù (14) may also be a first name.
Lù Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lù Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lù is carried by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Lu, Lü, Lú, Lû, Lȗ, Lữ or Lư. For other potential spellings of Lù click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lù? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Lù are found; 30 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 30 percent are found in Italic Europe. Lù is also the 3,024,661st most common first name at a global level It is held by 14 people.
The last name is most widely held in Italy, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 20,385,563. In Italy it is mostly found in: Emilia-Romagna, where 67 percent live and Lazio, where 33 percent live. Not including Italy it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 20 percent live and China, where 20 percent live.
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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 Lù
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