Luo (surname)

Luo or Lo refers to the Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames 羅 (Simplified Chinese: 罗, pinyin: Luó, Jyutping: Lo4) and 駱 (Simplified Chinese: 骆, pinyin: Luò, Jyutping: Lok3). Of the two surnames, 罗 is much more common among Chinese people. According to the Cantonese pronunciation, it can also refer to 盧.

In Cantonese, 罗/羅 is usually romanized as Lo and Law. In Teochew, 罗/羅 is most commonly transliterated as Low while in the Hokkien dialect it is romanized as Loke. In North Korea, 羅 is transcribed as 라 (Ra) and South Korea is transcribed as 나 (Na). In Vietnam, the name 羅 is pronounced La.

It is the 75th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.

Origins
The origin of the Luo surname dates back to descendants of Luo, a feudal state which existed during the Shang dynasty to the Warring States period (modern day Hubei).

Distribution
In 2019 it was the 20th most common surname in Mainland China.

Of the top 30 cities in China, 罗/羅 ranked eighth most common in Guiyang, ninth most common in Chongqing and Chengdu, and tenth most common in Changsha.

羅

 * La Hối (1920–1945), Vietnamese musician of Chinese heritage
 * Andrew Lo, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management
 * Lo Chen-Jung (born 1961), a retired Taiwanese left-handed baseball pitcher
 * Lo Chi Kwan (born 1981), a Hong Kong international football (soccer) player
 * Luo Yunxi (born 1988), a Chinese actor
 * Chia-Jen Lo (born 1986), a Taiwanese right-handed baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros
 * Lo Chih-an (born 1988), a Taiwanese football (soccer) player, twin brother of Lo Chih-en, from the aborigine Atayal tribe of Taiwan
 * Lo Chih-chiang (born 1970), Deputy Secretary-General to the President of the Republic of China (2012–2013)
 * Lo Chih-en (born 1988), a Taiwanese football (soccer) player, twin brother of Lo Chih-an, from the aborigine Atayal tribe of Taiwan
 * Dennis Law Sau-Yiu, Hong Kong film producer, screenwriter and director
 * Lo Elgan (1901–1997), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher
 * Gallen Lo, a Hong Kong actor and singer who primarily acts in television series
 * Luo Gan, retired Chinese politician
 * Luo Guanzhong, Chinese writer who lived during the Yuan and Ming periods
 * Luo Yigang (born 1975), Chinese badminton player
 * Him Law, Hong Kong film and television actor
 * Lo Hoi-sing (1949–2010), a Hong Kong businessman, born in a Hong Kong communist family
 * Lo Hsiang-lin (1906–1978), one of the most renowned researchers in Hakka language and culture
 * Jerry Lo (DJ Jerry, born 1972), a singer and songwriter, popular in Taiwan in the 1990s
 * Justin Lo, a singer-songwriter, actor and record producer working in Hong Kong
 * Leyan Lo (born 1985), held the world record of 11.13 seconds for the fastest Rubik's Cube solution
 * Law Kar-ying, Hong Kong actor, originally a Cantonese Opera artist
 * Lo Kuo-Chong (born 1965), a retired Taiwanese professional baseball player, now a baseball coach
 * Kuo Hui Lo (born 1985), a Taiwanese baseball player in the Seattle Mariners organization
 * Law Kwok-tai, football coach and former Republic of China (Taiwan) international footballer from Hong Kong
 * Law Lan, Hong Kong actress
 * Lo Lieh (1939–2002), a Hong Kong actor in martial-arts films
 * Lo Mang (born 1956), a Hong Kong-based veteran martial artist
 * Luo Meizhen (1885?–2013), claimant for the world's oldest person
 * Nathan Law (born 1993), Hong Kong student activist, politician and member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong
 * Luo Ronghuan, Chinese communist military leader
 * Luo Ying-shay, Minister of Justice of the Republic of China (2013–2016)
 * Luo Jin, Chinese actor and singer
 * Show Lo, Taiwanese actor, singer, and host
 * Steven Lo (born 1959), a Hong Kong and Macanese businessman active in the entertainment world
 * Lo Ta-yu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
 * Teddy Lo, a Hong Kong-based LED artist known for his work in the "tech-art" scene
 * Lo Tsung-lo (1898–1978), a notable Chinese botanist and plant physiologist
 * Victor Lo, GBS, OBE, JP (born 1950), the chairman and chief executive of Gold Peak Industries, Ltd. (Holdings)
 * Vincent Lo (born 1948), the chairman of Hong Kong-based Shui On Group, a building-materials and construction firm
 * Lo Wei (1918–1996), a Hong Kong film director and film actor, launched both Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan
 * Law Wing-Cheong, Hong Kong film editor, an assistant director, film director, and actor
 * Xianglin Luo (Lo Hsiang Lin), Renowned researchers in Hakka language and culture
 * Lo Hsing Han (1935–2013), Burmese business tycoon
 * Na Yoon-Sun (born 1969), South Korean jazz singer
 * Luo Meiyi 罗美仪 Bonnie Loo (born 1994), Singaporean singer and actress
 * Yuen Tze Lo (1920–2002), electrical engineer and professor emeritus at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
 * Loh Kean Yew (born 1997), Singaporean badminton player
 * Luo Yanlin (罗彦林), Gansu school teacher who was executed for sexually assaulting and raping 39 girls

Unknown

 * Bernard Lo, a TV anchor and host on Bloomberg TV Asia
 * Beth Lo (born 1949), an American artist
 * Eileen Yin-Fei Lo (1937–2022), educator, chef and author of eleven cookbooks on Chinese cuisine
 * Jason Lo, a Malaysian music artist, music producer, DJ and entrepreneur
 * Lo Hsiao-Ting (born 1982), a Taiwanese softball player
 * Lo Wing-lok JP (1954–2015), a Hong Kong doctor and politician
 * Lormong Lo, the first Hmong American to be appointed to a city council in the U.S., in 1994
 * Martin Lo, a spacecraft trajectory expert currently working for JPL
 * Ricky Lo, entertainment writer, showbiz commentator and host of Chinese descent in the Philippines