# Gu (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gu/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,532 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,183 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 55,811 people |
| Change since 2000 | +79% (3,098 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ku |

## Etymology

From either Mandarin 谷 (Gǔ) or 古 (Gǔ), from Chinese.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gu in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 95% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gu in the People's Republic of China.

## People named Gu

- Eileen Gu, American-born Chinese freestyle skier (born 2003)

## Similar surnames

Guy, Guo, Gough, Guay, Gue, Gueye, Gay, Gee, Gao, Go, Gioia, Ge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.