How common is the surname Kuo?

7,426 people in the United States had the surname Kuo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,576 Americans. It ranked 4,767th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kuo getting more or less common?

More common. 6,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,426 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Kuo

A surname, carried by 7,426 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuo is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

From Mandarin 郭 (Guō). Doublet of Guo and Kwok.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,426 people named Kuo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,576 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,570.

#4,767

rank among US surnames

7,426

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+13%

change since 2000 (was #4,914)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,758	Warfield	7,443	41,481
#4,759	Toussaint	7,441	41,492
#4,761	Stegall	7,439	41,504
#4,763	Wallen	7,436	41,520
#4,764	Beale	7,431	41,548
#4,765	Lindner	7,428	41,565
#4,766	Yager	7,427	41,571

Who is named Kuo

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

93% of people named Kuo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.8% as two or more races and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
Two or more races 3.8%
White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%

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 Kuo

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

Questions

Where does the surname Kuo come from?: From Mandarin 郭 (Guō). Doublet of Guo and Kwok.
How common is the surname Kuo?: 7,426 people in the United States had the surname Kuo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,576 Americans. It ranked 4,767th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kuo?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kuo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Kuo getting more or less common?: More common. 6,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,426 in 2010, up 13%.