Lòó
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Lòó is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From English Loo, from Hokkien 呂／吕 (Lū). Doublet of Lu, Lou, Luy, and Lew.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 955(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 2K
- USUnited States1 in 91K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 348 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 955 (inferred from the name graph)
≈34,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Loo in US United States, MY Malaysia, SG Singapore and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- EnglishLoo(measured from records)
- Hokkien呂／吕Lū(measured from records)
From English Loo, from Hokkien 呂／吕 (Lū). Doublet of Lu, Lou, Luy, and Lew.
Sources 4
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lòó counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #236 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 955 | — | Loo | 114 |
| US United States | — | 3,645 | 1 in 91K | 3.8K | Loo | 348 |
| SG Singapore | #141 | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Loo | 146 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Loo | 40 |
| HK Hong Kong | #461 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Loo | 56 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 8.2K | 9 | — | 15 |
| GY Guyana | — | 51 | 1 in 15K | 51 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Lòó mean, and where does it come from?
- From English Loo, from Hokkien 呂／吕 (Lū). Doublet of Lu, Lou, Luy, and Lew. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and Dictionary of American Family Names and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Lòó have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 34 thousand people named Lòó in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled loo.
- How common is the name Lòó?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,645 people named Lòó in 2010, about 1 in 91 thousand residents.
- How common is Lòó compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Lòó is the 236th most common surname of 291,743 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lòó?
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lòó” — the 236th most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.