Family name Luay (لؤي 
, لؤى 
, Luay 
) , across the world, is a common surname. The last name Luay is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a common surname, Iraq, and Algeria, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Iraq, Egypt, and Syria. More prevalently, Luay is the forename as well as the last name.