Last Name LU

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Resemble, as if, such as.
Origin Chinese, Samoan

Rank 1,424 (2000 US census) 3,207 (1990 US census)
Count 22,977 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 1.65%, or 379 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.22%, or 51 total occurrences, as black,
  • 95.73%, or 21996 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.06%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.72%, or 395 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.63%, or 145 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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