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Is Lu a Male or Female Name?

Lu is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Lu globally is 13.9% males and 86.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Italy with 45.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Lu in percentages: Globally: 13.9% males, 86.1% females, Brazil: 2.3% males, 97.7% females, China: 5.2% males, 94.8% females, United States: 6.9% males, 93.1% females, France: 29.6% males, 70.4% females, Italy: 45.0% males, 55.0% females, Mexico: 6.2% males, 93.8% females, Argentina: 6.6% males, 93.4% females, Spain: 16.1% males, 83.9% females, United Kingdom: 12.6% males, 87.4% females, Malaysia: 44.7% males, 55.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Lu are 25-34 years old, making up 20.2% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Lu in each age group: 18-24: 17.7%, 25-34: 20.2%, 35-44: 18.1%, 45-54: 16.9%, 55-64: 15.0%, 65+: 12.1%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Lu is China with 0.1719% of the population. Following is Taiwan and Uruguay.

Historic Popularity

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

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Lu year over year: 1956: 0.0054‰, 1957: 0.004‰, 1958: 0.0027‰, 1959: 0.0028‰, 1960: 0.0053‰, 1961: 0.0029‰, 1962: 0.0043‰, 1963: 0.0033‰, 1964: 0.0033‰, 1965: 0.0034‰, 1966: 0.0034‰, 1967: 0.0042‰, 1968: 0.0032‰, 1969: 0.0045‰, 1970: 0.0043‰, 1971: 0.0037‰, 1972: 0.0037‰, 1973: 0.0047‰, 1974: 0.0044‰, 1975: 0.0038‰, 1976: 0.0042‰, 1977: 0.0043‰, 1978: 0.004‰, 1979: 0.0049‰, 1980: 0.0039‰, 1981: 0.0045‰, 1982: 0.0046‰, 1983: 0.0045‰, 1984: 0.0035‰, 1985: 0.0044‰, 1986: 0.0048‰, 1987: 0.0058‰, 1988: 0.0048‰, 1989: 0.0048‰, 1990: 0.0051‰, 1991: 0.0042‰, 1992: 0.0051‰, 1993: 0.0053‰, 1994: 0.0065‰, 1995: 0.005‰, 1996: 0.005‰, 1997: 0.0035‰, 1998: 0.0063‰, 1999: 0.0089‰, 2000: 0.0038‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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