Lou meaning | Last name Lou origin

Following is the meaning of Lou surname. Family name Lou is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Lou
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lou

Lou is used as a family name or surname in China languages. Lou has 3 characters long in length.

Lou is common in China country(ies).

Lou is ranked 553 in our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Lous grew by 20.64728 per cent to 2945 since 2000 and ranked 10815 after elevating 943 spots. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 79.66 78.25
White 11.95 13.6
Hispanic or Latino 3.5 3.11
Others 2.92 3.15

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Lou

How popular is Lou?

Lou is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Macau is ahead in terms of density. Around 918449 people have been found who wears Lou as their family name. Lou is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
39,450 Moldova8
7,022 Senegal7
2,028 Vietnam5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
16,861 Iran4
114,007 Czech Republic4
6,706 Lebanon3
6,989 Uganda3
35,789 Turkey3
6,779 Nicaragua3
2,444 Sudan3
26,321 Israel3
7,683 Latvia3
15,956 Venezuela3
4,529 Mauritius3
11,532 Croatia3
14,494 Armenia3
9,097 Wales3
8,926 Cameroon3
9,077 Lithuania3
20,186 Kenya2
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Immigrants to US

During the great famine, 18 years old immigrant Susan Lou who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on June 27, 1849 by St. Lawrence put out from Liverpool.

Celebrities having Lou surname

Toivo Loukola Olympic athlete
Aaron Loup Baseball pitcher
Abba Louisa Goold Woolson Author
Catherine Louise Abbot-Anderson Hugh Dennis' wife
Abdellatif Loudiyi Politician
Abdellatif Loudiyi Politician
Abdellatif Loudiyi Politician
Abdoulaye Loum Basketball Player
Rob Lougheed Teacher
Marie Louise Coleiro Preca President of Malta
  • In 2018, Yixiao Lou portrayed the role of Hu Yifei in adventure and comedy movie Ai qing gong yu.

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