Lua is used as a family name or surname in Singapore. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lua
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Singapore
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Lua

How popular is Lua?

Lua is common in Singapore.

Lua is ranked 14945 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Luas grew by 45.13416 per cent to 3624 since 2000 and ranked 9023 after elevating 2524 spots. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 89.51 87.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.19 6.17
White 3.5 4.81
Others 1.21 0.92
Lua is quite popular family name mostly used in Vietnam while Singapore is ahead in terms of density. Around 35237 people have been found who wears Lua as their family name. Lua is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
1,893 Angola5
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
1,520 Marshall Islands4
4,138 Bahrain3
28,232 Morocco2
18,625 Japan2
50,640 Switzerland2
40,064 Nigeria2
19,046 Ireland2
883 Macau2
13,552 Qatar2
18,718 Thailand2
42,479 Greece1
7,314 Bolivia1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
7,198 Maldives1
4,249 Cambodia1
17,768 Pakistan1
19,810 Croatia1
10,683 Cyprus1
24,460 Armenia1
49,529 Israel1
5,872 Namibia1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
17,575 Kuwait1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
28,365 Kenya1
24,421 Slovakia1
8,371 Syria1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
53,505 Turkey1
19,533 Uruguay1
29,774 Venezuela1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,350 Spain48
192,584 Russia48
4,813 Hong Kong47
63,701 Canada46
16,483 Chile45
95,259 Italy45
49,834 Australia39
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
18,889 New Zealand26
2,101 China21
28,338 Norway20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,643 England91
12,039 Colombia70
210,638 India65
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Lua:
2,843 Ecuador437
32,202 Indonesia319
1,368 Taiwan232
2,616 Portugal231
61,459 France159
12,632 Peru114
Countries with thousands of Lua:
412 Vietnam9,141
2,169 Brazil6,853
1,615 Philippines6,767
2,150 Mexico4,214
1,268 Malaysia2,428
14,912 United States2,264
409 Singapore1,313
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Comments

E
Enoch Reppert
The first holders of this surname were probably originate in a place called lua "the area founded in the early centuries AD by a Roman soldier, veteran of a legion, lucius?", A name which later became property a hamlet or a village, before transmitting the form of a hereditary family name from the twelfth century was closer to the name of the hamlet name mé lua, located on the town was going to, in the department of marne lua family name, uncommon in France, is carried by 27 homes in France about sixty people, including installed in champagne-ardennes and in the Île de France in the case of a homonym branch of Chinese or Vietnamese origin, we could be dealing with a family coming from Chinese city of the "read" or a form of the name "huang", "supreme".

Lua Namesakes

  • Adriano Lualdi, Musical Artist
  • Kazenga LuaLua, Soccer player
  • Allyzon Lualhati, Actress
  • Allyzon Lualhati, Actress
  • Antonella Lualdi, Actress
  • Nudnida Luangnam, Tennis Player
  • Antonella Lualdi, Actress
  • Antonella Lualdi, Actress
  • Bertram Luard-Selby, Composer
  • Kazenga LuaLua, Soccer player
  • In 2014 horror and mystery movie, Through the Devil's Eyes, Gyana Lua played Liz.

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