# 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, wikt: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.

## Prominent people
### 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 Shiwen, Chinese communist from Sichuan
* 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