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    The surname Vu

    A Vietnamese surname, carried by 36,179 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex V000

    Vu: #962 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Vu #962, 36,179 people Vu: #962 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Vu #962, 36,179 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vu is more common than 99.4% of them.

    Origin

    Vietnamese origin

    Borrowed from Vietnamese Vũ.

    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 36,179 people named Vu in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,534 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,828.

    #962
    rank among US surnames
    36,179
    people in 2010
    12
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.1%
    change since 2000 (was #1,247)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #953Maynard36,4608,468
    #954Galindo36,4298,475
    #955Coffey36,4238,477
    #956Estes36,3188,501
    #957Sanford36,3128,503
    #958Burch36,2698,513
    #959Maddox36,2508,517

    Who is named Vu

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

    97% of people named Vu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.7% as two or more races and 1.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 97%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Vu

    Vu has the Soundex code V000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V000.

    Other Vietnamese surnames

    All 31 Vietnamese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Vu come from?
    Borrowed from Vietnamese Vũ.
    How common is the surname Vu?
    36,179 people in the United States had the surname Vu in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,534 Americans. It ranked 962nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Vu?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Vu identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Vu getting more or less common?
    More common. 25,828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,179 in 2010, up 40%.