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    The surname Zou

    A surname, carried by 4,493 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex Z000

    Zou: #7,408 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Zou #7,408, 4,493 people Zou: #7,408 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Zou #7,408, 4,493 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zou is more common than 95.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,493 people named Zou in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,717 Americans. That is up 144% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,842.

    #7,408
    rank among US surnames
    4,493
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +143.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,783)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,402Valley4,49768,656
    #7,404Edmiston4,49568,686
    #7,406Roof4,49468,702
    #7,408Zou4,49368,717
    #7,411Grullon4,49268,732
    #7,413Bonney4,49168,748

    Who is named Zou

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

    98% of people named Zou identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 98%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Zou

    Zou has the Soundex code Z000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Zou?
    4,493 people in the United States had the surname Zou in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,717 Americans. It ranked 7,408th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Zou?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Zou identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Zou getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,493 in 2010, up 144%.