Luō
surname · Latin script
Luō is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: luo- + -(k) (k-lative singular), from Proto-Finnic *loo-, possibly from Proto-Uralic *luwe (“downstream”). Related to Ingrian looks (~ luokse), Karelian luoh (~ luo) and Veps lon (~ luona).
- CNChina≈1 in 4.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland1 in 492as Leevi
- RURussia≈1 in 1.4Kas Лев
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Luō itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 379 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈340,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Лев in RU Russia, FI Finland, Levi in BR Brazil, PH Philippines, Lew in US United States and Luo in CN China.
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)- Proto-Finnic*loo-(measured from records)
- Proto-Uralic*luwe“downstream”(measured from records)
luo- + -(k) (k-lative singular), from Proto-Finnic *loo-, possibly from Proto-Uralic *luwe (“downstream”). Related to Ingrian looks (~ luokse), Karelian luoh (~ luo) and Veps lon (~ luona).
Cited for this meaning 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
- Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Luō 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈340,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Luo | 199 |
| US United States | — | 136,747as Levi | 1 in 2.4K | 136K | Lew | 379 |
| RU Russia | #115 | ≈98,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | register #52 | Лев | 180 |
| BR Brazil | #745 | 88,228as Levi | 1 in 2.4K | 88K | Levi | 148 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Levi | 53 |
| FI Finland | — | 11,321as Leevi | 1 in 492 | 14K | Лев | 11 |
| SE Sweden | — | 7,165as Lo | 1 in 1.4K | 7.2K | Lev | 24 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 Luō mean, and where does it come from?
- luo- + -(k) (k-lative singular), from Proto-Finnic *loo-, possibly from Proto-Uralic *luwe (“downstream”). Related to Ingrian looks (~ luokse), Karelian luoh (~ luo) and Veps lon (~ luona). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Luō have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 338 thousand people named Luō in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled luo.
- How common is the name Luō?
- In the United States, the national register counted 136,747 people named Levi in 2020, about 1 in 2.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Luō compared with other names?
- In Russia, Luō is the 115th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lu%C5%8DThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Luō” — the 115th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.