The Lo surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 14,534 people carried this name — #2,292 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,600 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 470 people named Lo.
Most of them — 334 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
139 people named Lo live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 57 people named Lo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Lo in American newspapers,
1831–1958.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,132,057 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anna Lo 1950–2024 · politician -
Angelina Lo 1953– · actor -
Lo Wing-lok 1954–2015 · physician -
Andrew Lo 1960– · economist -
Lo Chung Mau 1961– · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 83 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lo.
- Llorente 573 · U.S. census
- Lloret 294 · U.S. census
- Llosa 130 · U.S. census
- Llovet 114 · U.S. census
- Lloyd 61,154 · U.S. census
- Lluch 102 · U.S. census
- Lobato 3,132 · U.S. census
- Lobbestael 171 · U.S. census
- Lobe 409 · U.S. census
- Lobel 931 · U.S. census
- Lobert 203 · U.S. census
- Lobo 3,325 · U.S. census
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