The surname Ryu
A Japanese surname, carried by 2,723 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex R000
Origin
Japanese origin
Romanization * From Japanese 竜(りゅう) (Ryū). Doublet of Long and Yong. * From Korean 류 (ryu), derived from 柳 or 劉. Congate with Yoo. Doublet of Liu.
One of 123 Japanese surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,723 people named Ryu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,384 Americans. That is up 85% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,473.
Who is named Ryu
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Ryu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
- 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 Ryu
Ryu has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.
Other Japanese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ryu come from?
- Romanization * From Japanese 竜(りゅう) (Ryū). Doublet of Long and Yong. * From Korean 류 (ryu), derived from 柳 or 劉. Congate with Yoo. Doublet of Liu.
- How common is the surname Ryu?
- 2,723 people in the United States had the surname Ryu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,384 Americans. It ranked 11,543rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ryu?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ryu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ryu getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,723 in 2010, up 85%.