Surname Checker / Lau
How Common Is the Last Name Lau?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Lau today
32,986
Ranked #1,187 of 162,254 published surnames · 10.1 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 29,792 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
16.19%
Black
0.24%
Asian / Pacific Islander
76.07%
Hispanic
3.47%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.