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    The surname Ku

    A Korean surname, carried by 4,888 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K000

    Ku: #6,877 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ku #6,877, 4,888 people Ku: #6,877 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ku #6,877, 4,888 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ku is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    Korean origin

    Borrowed from Korean 구(具) (gu).

    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 4,888 people named Ku in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,164 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,755.

    #6,877
    rank among US surnames
    4,888
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,131)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,873Harbaugh4,89563,074
    #6,874Liddell4,89263,112
    #6,876Jeanlouis4,89163,125
    #6,877Ku4,88863,164

    Who is named Ku

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

    85% of people named Ku identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.2%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    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 Ku

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

    Other Korean surnames

    All 42 Korean surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ku come from?
    Borrowed from Korean 구(具) (gu).
    How common is the surname Ku?
    4,888 people in the United States had the surname Ku in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,164 Americans. It ranked 6,877th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ku?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Ku identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Ku getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,888 in 2010, up 30%.