Kuo Surname

23,054th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Kuo Surname User-submission:

One of the most common Chinese surnames and means 'the wall that surrounds a city' in Chinese.

The majority of people bearing this surname are descended from the Han Chinese.

Kuo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,4981:29,0013,597
Thailand2,9431:24,0022,187
Taiwan1,5031:15,599245
Canada1,2121:30,4013,969
China1,1471:1,192,085308
Cameroon5451:38,1085,101
Australia5341:50,5546,293
Malaysia3541:83,3175,853
Liberia2971:14,8441,551
Brazil2661:804,79129,182
Japan2501:511,37714,595
England2141:260,36520,793
Hong Kong1451:50,590925
Netherlands1201:140,72621,487
New Zealand1181:38,3766,521
South Africa1181:459,13338,484
France1091:609,38380,423
Argentina881:485,72136,028
Indonesia871:1,520,106102,006
Philippines781:1,297,92697,909
Germany721:1,118,13174,279
Ivory Coast691:334,36612,150
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Russia571:2,528,475145,724
Chile461:382,96710,457
Papua New Guinea441:185,31225,733
Sweden391:252,48117,476
French Polynesia371:7,5891,667
Paraguay351:206,7643,828
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Peru271:1,177,19020,369
Guam251:6,405908
India251:30,682,615377,978
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Mexico171:7,301,54134,591
Costa Rica171:281,1813,072
Vietnam171:5,449,7682,445
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Israel131:658,28045,106
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
American Samoa111:5,0691,123
Belize101:35,5472,218
South Sudan91:1,268,3421,210
South Korea91:5,693,362993
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Panama81:489,0328,962
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Estonia81:165,22626,217
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Macau51:120,326534
Nicaragua51:1,204,2185,298
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Samoa11:193,8081,089
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

Kuo (5,754) may also be a first name.

Kuo Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

One of the most common Chinese surnames and means 'the wall that surrounds a city' in Chinese.

The majority of people bearing this surname are descended from the Han Chinese.

- guopatrick

Kuo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kuo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kuo (Hindi: कु, Marathi: कुवो, Oriya: କୁଓ, Russian: Куо) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 23,054th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 309,805 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Kuo live; 58 percent live in North America and 57 percent live in Anglo-North America. Kuo is also the 88,010th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 5,754 people.

The surname Kuo is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 12,498 people, or 1 in 29,001. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 52 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 87 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 13 percent are found and Taiwan, where 6 percent are found.

Kuo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kuo last name are 2.9% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.13% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kuo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 32.87% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,014 per year; in South Africa they earn 1.96% less than the national average, earning R 232,980 per year; in United States they earn 33.62% more than the national average, earning $57,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.88% more than the national average, earning $59,062 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nkuo86474/
Kuoe8662/
Kuoy8648/
Khuo8621/
Kuoa865/
Kcuo862/
Kuod862/
Kkuo861/
Kwuo861/
Kguo861/
Ckuo861/
Kuoz860/
Ko801,025,769/
Kouho75861/
Kuhot75246/
Kuoha7569/
Khuoy7526/
Ngkuo757/
Kuhod754/
Khuoa752/
Khuot752/
Kuhoi751/
Kguoa751/
Kuott751/
Kwuot751/
Kquoi751/
Kwuoh751/
Kuhos751/
Kuopf751/
Khuoh751/
Kuost750/
Kuopp750/
Guo6716,483,470/
Kou67412,508/
Kho67121,119/
Koh6792,528/
Koo6733,433/
Koi6723,049/
Koy6718,752/
Kua6713,957/
Koa678,262/
Koj676,555/
Quo673,303/
Koş672,973/
Koï671,814/
Keu671,560/
Koß67973/
Kwo67718/
Cuo67279/
Kouhou67191/
Cko67133/
Kgo6746/
Koľ6739/
Kouowa6735/
Koî6726/
Kko6723/
Hko6713/
Gko6712/
Kco6711/
Nkwuoh6710/
Koś679/
Koć677/
Kqo676/
Kuohou676/
Qko672/
Kuhoch671/
Koĺ671/
Kkuoyi671/
Khauou671/
Khuohe671/

Kuo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kuo in the Oriya language
କୁଓku'o-
Kuo in the Marathi language
कुवोkuvo-
Kuo in the Hindi language
कुku84.62
कुाोkuao7.69
कुओku'o7.69
Kuo in the Russian language
Куоkuo-

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  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kuo
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