The surname Foo
A surname, carried by 1,405 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex F000
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,405 people named Foo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,748 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,167.
Who is named Foo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Foo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 8.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
- White (not Hispanic) 8.4%
- Two or more races 7.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Foos
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Kate Foo KuneBadminton player, born 1993
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Foo
Foo has the Soundex code F000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Foo?
- 1,405 people in the United States had the surname Foo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,748 Americans. It ranked 19,282nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Foo?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Foo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 8.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Foo?
- Kate Foo Kune, badminton player.
- Where is the surname Foo most common?
- Wikidata records people named Foo in Mauritius.
- Is the surname Foo getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,405 in 2010, up 20%.