The surname Joo
A Korean surname, carried by 3,121 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex J000
Origin
Korean origin
Borrowed from Korean 주 (ju).
One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,121 people named Joo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,925 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,174.
Who is named Joo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Joo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Joo has the Soundex code J000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J000.
Other Korean surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Joo come from?
- Borrowed from Korean 주 (ju).
- How common is the surname Joo?
- 3,121 people in the United States had the surname Joo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,925 Americans. It ranked 10,324th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Joo?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Joo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.5% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Joo getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,121 in 2010, up 44%.