The surname Phu
A surname, carried by 2,230 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex P000
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,230 people named Phu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,451 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,781.
Who is named Phu
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Phu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.3%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Phu
Phu 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 Phu?
- 2,230 people in the United States had the surname Phu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,451 Americans. It ranked 13,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Phu?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Phu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Phu getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,781 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,230 in 2010, up 25%.