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The surname Pho

A surname, carried by 1,333 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P000

Pho: #20,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pho #20,057, 1,333 people Pho: #20,057 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pho #20,057, 1,333 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pho is more common than 87.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,333 people named Pho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,617 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,006.

#20,057
rank among US surnames
1,333
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+32.5%
change since 2000 (was #23,530)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#20,057Verna1,333231,617
#20,065Khatib1,332231,791

Who is named Pho

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

94% of people named Pho identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.5% as two or more races and 1.7% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
  • Two or more races 3.5%
  • White (not Hispanic) 1.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
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 Pho

Pho has the Soundex code P000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P000.

Questions

How common is the surname Pho?
1,333 people in the United States had the surname Pho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,617 Americans. It ranked 20,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pho?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pho identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Pho getting more or less common?
More common. 1,006 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,333 in 2010, up 33%.