Lü Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Lü Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 89 | 1:874,398 | 41,553 |
| China | 57 | 1:23,988,098 | 1,316 |
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Lu (21,328,039) & Lú (161) are calculated separately.
Lü Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lü Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lü is found most in Turkey. It can appear in the variant forms: Lu or Lú. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lü? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lü is the 1,055,483rd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Lü are found; 30 percent are found in West Asia and 30 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
Lü is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is held by 89 people, or 1 in 874,398. In Turkey Lü is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 26 percent are found, Igdir Province, where 17 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 17 percent are found. Barring Turkey it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in China, where 24 percent are found and Germany, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Lü
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis