The Luu surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,702 people carried this name — #2,324 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,800 people counted. That is up 31% from 11,965 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
251 people named Luu live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 216 people named Luu.
Most of them — 191 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Yvelines.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Luu 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
523 people named Luu are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Luu in American newspapers,
1862–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 457,194 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Luu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tau Luu 1944–1999 · tennis player
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Jane Luu 1963– · astronomer
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Jane Luu 1963– · astronomer
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Luu Meng 1974– · entrepreneur
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Luu Huynh 2000– · screenwriter
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Quang H. Luu 2000– · researcher
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Luu.
- Luton 1,669 · U.S. census
- Lutringer 106 · U.S. census
- Lutter 757 · U.S. census
- Luttmann 179 · U.S. census
- Lutton 1,250 · U.S. census
- Lutz 32,050 · U.S. census
- Lux 5,796 · U.S. census
- Luz 1,848 · U.S. census
- Luze 147 · U.S. census
- Luzi 266 · U.S. census
- Luzier 713 · U.S. census
- Luzzi 1,181 · U.S. census
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