# Guo (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,048 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,975 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,626 people |
| Change since 2000 | +99% (6,058 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kuo |

## Etymology

From Mandarin 郭 (Guō). Doublet of Kuo and Kwok. More at Guo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Guo 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) | 1.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 98% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Guo in Eastern Han, China, the United States, Shu Han and Taiwan.

## People named Guo

- Guo Jia, Adviser to the warlord Cao Cao (170-207)
- Guo Tu, Adviser under warlords Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan (died 205)
- Tina Guo, American cellist, musician and composer
- Guo Youzhi, 3rd century Shu Han state official
- Kuo Lee Chien-Fu, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Guy, Gu, Gue, Gay, Gee, Gao, Go, Guay, Gioia, Ge, Gow, Gaye.

## 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.