How common is the surname Ngo?

33,005 people in the United States had the surname Ngo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,355 Americans. It ranked 1,062nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Ngo?

Andy Ngo, American right-wing social-media influencer.

Where is the surname Ngo most common?

Wikidata records people named Ngo in the United States.

How do you pronounce Ngo?

Ngo is /(ə)ŋoʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Ngo getting more or less common?

More common. 23,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,005 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Ngo

A Vietnamese surname, carried by 33,005 people in the United States.

Pronounced /(ə)ŋoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ngo is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Vietnamese origin

Borrowed from Vietnamese Ngô, from Hokkien 吳 /吴 (Ngô͘).

One of 31 Vietnamese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,005 people named Ngo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,355 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,980.

#1,062

rank among US surnames

33,005

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+37.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,355)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,053	Ritter	33,252	9,285
#1,054	Cooley	33,231	9,291
#1,055	Fritz	33,224	9,293
#1,056	Cooke	33,223	9,293
#1,057	Delaney	33,218	9,295
#1,059	Chaney	33,201	9,299
#1,060	Kidd	33,186	9,303

Who is named Ngo

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

96% of people named Ngo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
Two or more races 1.7%
White (not Hispanic) 0.9%
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.

Famous Ngos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andy Ngo
American right-wing social-media influencer, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ngo

Ngo has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Other Vietnamese surnames

All 31 Vietnamese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ngo come from?: Borrowed from Vietnamese Ngô, from Hokkien 吳 /吴 (Ngô͘).
How common is the surname Ngo?: 33,005 people in the United States had the surname Ngo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,355 Americans. It ranked 1,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ngo?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ngo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.7% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Ngo?: Andy Ngo, American right-wing social-media influencer.
Where is the surname Ngo most common?: Wikidata records people named Ngo in the United States.
How do you pronounce Ngo?: Ngo is /(ə)ŋoʊ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Ngo getting more or less common?: More common. 23,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,005 in 2010, up 38%.