The surname Vo
A Vietnamese surname, carried by 36,236 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex V000
Origin
Vietnamese origin
Borrowed from Vietnamese Võ.
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 36,236 people named Vo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,520 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,956.
#960
rank among US surnames
36,236
people in 2010
12
per 100,000 Americans
+45.2%
change since 2000 (was #1,296)
Who is named Vo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Vo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% as two or more races and 1.4% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- White (not Hispanic) 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.0%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Vietnamese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Vo come from?
- Borrowed from Vietnamese Võ.
- How common is the surname Vo?
- 36,236 people in the United States had the surname Vo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,520 Americans. It ranked 960th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Vo?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Vo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.7% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Vo getting more or less common?
- More common. 24,956 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,236 in 2010, up 45%.