The Lui surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,156 people carried this name — #5,641 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is up 10% from 5,620 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Lui surname

Borrowed from Cantonese 雷 (leoi4) or 呂／吕 (leoi5).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lui» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 168 people named Lui live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 80
Buenos Aires Province 52
Mendoza 23
City of Buenos Aires 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 39 people named Lui.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Rhône 7
Alpes-Maritimes 4
Haute-Savoie 3
Paris 1
Bas-Rhin 1
Manche 1
Isère 1
Haute-Garonne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

26 people named Lui live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 8
Geneva 6
Zurich 5
Ticino 4
Bern 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

26 people named Lui is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 26

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Lui in American newspapers,
1887–1908.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Messenger carrying the name Lui
The Weekly Messenger 1887-01-01
Newspaper page from Burlington Weekly Free Press carrying the name Lui
Burlington Weekly Free Press 1908-05-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,436 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lui in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2010s.

13,568 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lui. The most, 2,757, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 5,991
New South Wales 3,271
Queensland 2,888
South Australia 572
Tasmania 469
Western Australia 205
ACT (Canberra) 94
Northern Territory 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lui.

Who carried it

People named Lui,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Aurelio Lui 1868–1937 · physician
  • Lui Che Woo 1929–2024 · businessperson
  • Danny Lui 1957–2012 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lui,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States137 records

137 records of the Lui name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 79
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 13
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Stanford C. W. Lui

    Born 1921 in Hawaiian Islands. Enlisted 1945, from Hawaiian Islands. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Giovanna Lui

    Arrived at New York in 1898 aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II from Genoa, aged 1; farmer. From Stella Cilento, Salerno, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gilbert B. Lui

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1936, died 2000; buried at Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery, Kaneohe, Hawaii.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 137 records for Lui in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany27 records

27 records of the Lui name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Gottfried Lui

    From Regenstauf, Oberpf. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 1 December 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 11).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Stefan Lui

    From Reifferscheid, Adenau. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 14 January 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 25).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Joseph Lui

    From Münchsried, Oberpf. Reported dead in the Bavarian casualty list of 19 July 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 3).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Lui in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada16 records

16 records of the Lui name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 9
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Poon Cheuk Lui

    Buried in 1969 at Chinese Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 78.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Tai Szito Lui

    Died 1976, aged 72; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Chong Lui

    Died 1944; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 16 records for Lui in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France11 records

11 records of the Lui name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Chu Fong Lui

    Born 1934 in China; died 1993 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Chao-Krai Lui

    Born 1915 in China; died 1998 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Elisabeth Lui

    Born 1909 in Strasbourg; died 1986 in Haguenau (Bas-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Lui in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Lui name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Yu Lui

    Shop assistant of Murrumbeena, Victoria; died 1974.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Matthew Took Kwan Lui

    Accountant of Box Hill, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Fook Yu Lui

    Computer programmer of Mt Waverley, Victoria; died 1989.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Lui in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands7 records

7 records of the Lui name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 3
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Luï

    Married in 1933 in 's-Gravenhage; chambermaid.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Berent Jans Lui

    Buried in 1752 in Zuidbroek.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Anna Lui

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Lui in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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