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    The surname Yoo

    A Korean surname, carried by 13,225 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Y000

    Yoo: #2,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Yoo #2,724, 13,225 people Yoo: #2,724 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Yoo #2,724, 13,225 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Yoo is more common than 98.3% of them.

    Origin

    Korean origin

    Borrowed from Korean 유 (Yu), derived from 柳, 劉, or 兪.

    One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,225 people named Yoo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,346 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,853.

    #2,724
    rank among US surnames
    13,225
    people in 2010
    4.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,330)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,715Jameson13,25523,293
    #2,716Wahl13,25323,296
    #2,717Archuleta13,24823,305
    #2,719Seaman13,23723,324
    #2,720Myrick13,23623,326
    #2,721Kwon13,23523,328
    #2,722Byler13,23023,337

    Who is named Yoo

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

    95% of people named Yoo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • 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.

    Famous Yoos

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Yoo Il-ho
      Acting Prime Minister of South Korea from 2017 to 2017
    • Ji-young Yoo
      American actress, born 1999

    Notable Yoos come mostly from South Korea (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Yoo

    Yoo has the Soundex code Y000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Y000.

    Other Korean surnames

    All 42 Korean surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Yoo come from?
    Borrowed from Korean 유 (Yu), derived from 柳, 劉, or 兪.
    How common is the surname Yoo?
    13,225 people in the United States had the surname Yoo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,346 Americans. It ranked 2,724th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Yoo?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Yoo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Yoo?
    Yoo Il-ho, Acting Prime Minister of South Korea from 2017 to 2017, followed by Ji-young Yoo.
    Where is the surname Yoo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Yoo in South Korea and the United States.
    Is the surname Yoo getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,225 in 2010, up 34%.
    What are other spellings of Yoo?
    Ryu and Yu.