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    The surname Kho

    A Chinese surname, carried by 1,063 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kho is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    From Hokkien 許 /许 (Khó͘).

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,063 people named Kho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 786.

    #23,785
    rank among US surnames
    1,063
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.2%
    change since 2000 (was #28,548)

    Who is named Kho

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    92% of people named Kho identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.0% as two or more races and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kho

    Kho has the Soundex code K000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kho come from?
    From Hokkien 許 /许 (Khó͘).
    How common is the surname Kho?
    1,063 people in the United States had the surname Kho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 290,447 Americans. It ranked 23,785th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kho?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kho identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kho getting more or less common?
    More common. 786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,063 in 2010, up 35%.