 Lihou is also a common family name on Guernsey , with records suggesting that the name has been in use in the Channel Islands since at least the eighteenth century , including Royal Navy Captain John Lihou , who discovered and named the Australian Port Lihou Island and Lihou Reef . The name is also attested further afield , in a number of other countries such as Australia , where for example , Sergeant James Lihou , the son of a migrant from Guernsey , enlisted in the Australian forces in 1916 and was killed in action in 1918 in France . There are also numerous instances of people with the surname having migrated from the Channel Islands to the United States . 
