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Is Lau a Male or Female Name?

Lau is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Lau globally is 30.1% males and 69.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 93.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Costa Rica with 99.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Lau in percentages: Globally: 30.1% males, 69.9% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 55.2% males, 44.8% females, Malaysia: 58.9% males, 41.1% females, France: 24.0% males, 76.0% females, Spain: 3.8% males, 96.2% females, Mexico: 2.4% males, 97.6% females, Colombia: 2.0% males, 98.0% females, Argentina: 11.7% males, 88.3% females, Singapore: 63.9% males, 36.1% females, Italy: 8.3% males, 91.7% females, China: 58.0% males, 42.0% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Lau are 35-44 years old, making up 25.7% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Lau in each age group: 18-24: 17.6%, 25-34: 21.2%, 35-44: 25.7%, 45-54: 17.6%, 55-64: 13.1%, 65+: 4.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Lau is Hong Kong SAR China with 0.1802% of the population. Following is St. Lucia and Malaysia.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Lau measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Lau year over year: 1956: 0.0008‰, 1957: 0.0014‰, 1958: 0.0017‰, 1959: 0.0023‰, 1960: 0.0031‰, 1961: 0.0034‰, 1962: 0.0027‰, 1963: 0.0036‰, 1964: 0.0036‰, 1965: 0.0053‰, 1966: 0.0047‰, 1967: 0.0055‰, 1968: 0.0056‰, 1969: 0.0046‰, 1970: 0.0051‰, 1971: 0.0052‰, 1972: 0.0051‰, 1973: 0.0055‰, 1974: 0.0053‰, 1975: 0.0054‰, 1976: 0.0065‰, 1977: 0.0062‰, 1978: 0.0062‰, 1979: 0.0075‰, 1980: 0.0063‰, 1981: 0.0075‰, 1982: 0.0074‰, 1983: 0.0084‰, 1984: 0.0079‰, 1985: 0.0086‰, 1986: 0.0092‰, 1987: 0.0095‰, 1988: 0.0106‰, 1989: 0.0099‰, 1990: 0.0079‰, 1991: 0.0077‰, 1992: 0.0075‰, 1993: 0.0066‰, 1994: 0.0067‰, 1995: 0.0059‰, 1996: 0.005‰, 1997: 0.0042‰, 1998: 0.0067‰, 1999: 0.0053‰, 2000: 0.0059‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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