The surname Koo
A Chinese surname, carried by 4,923 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex K000
Origin
Chinese origin
Romanization of Cantonese 顧／顾 (gu3).
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 4,923 people named Koo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,715 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,870.
Who is named Koo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Koo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.8%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Koo has the Soundex code K000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K000.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Koo come from?
- Romanization of Cantonese 顧／顾 (gu3).
- How common is the surname Koo?
- 4,923 people in the United States had the surname Koo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,715 Americans. It ranked 6,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Koo?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Koo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Koo getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,923 in 2010, up 27%.