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    The surname Kieu

    A surname, carried by 1,087 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K000

    Kieu: #23,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kieu #23,397, 1,087 people Kieu: #23,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kieu #23,397, 1,087 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kieu is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,087 people named Kieu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 776.

    #23,397
    rank among US surnames
    1,087
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.1%
    change since 2000 (was #28,856)

    Who is named Kieu

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

    95% of people named Kieu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.3% as two or more races and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Kieu

    Kieu 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 Kieu?
    1,087 people in the United States had the surname Kieu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. It ranked 23,397th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kieu?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kieu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kieu getting more or less common?
    More common. 776 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,087 in 2010, up 40%.