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The surname Khuu

A surname, carried by 1,949 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K000

Khuu: #15,127 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Khuu #15,127, 1,949 people Khuu: #15,127 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Khuu #15,127, 1,949 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Khuu is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,949 people named Khuu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,444.

#15,127
rank among US surnames
1,949
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+35%
change since 2000 (was #17,871)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,120Fuhrmann1,951158,250
#15,124Wipf1,950158,331
#15,127Parman1,949158,412

Who is named Khuu

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

97% of people named Khuu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.3% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
  • White (not Hispanic) 0.6%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Khuu

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

Questions

How common is the surname Khuu?
1,949 people in the United States had the surname Khuu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Khuu?
In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Khuu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.3% as two or more races.
Is the surname Khuu getting more or less common?
More common. 1,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 35%.