Kuo Surname
Approximately 23,523 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,498 | 1:29,001 | 3,597 |
| Thailand | 2,943 | 1:24,002 | 2,187 |
| Taiwan | 1,503 | 1:15,599 | 245 |
| Canada | 1,212 | 1:30,401 | 3,969 |
| China | 1,147 | 1:1,192,085 | 308 |
| Cameroon | 545 | 1:38,108 | 5,101 |
| Australia | 534 | 1:50,554 | 6,293 |
| Malaysia | 354 | 1:83,317 | 5,853 |
| Liberia | 297 | 1:14,844 | 1,551 |
| Brazil | 266 | 1:804,791 | 29,182 |
| Japan | 250 | 1:511,377 | 14,595 |
| England | 214 | 1:260,365 | 20,793 |
| Hong Kong | 145 | 1:50,590 | 925 |
| Netherlands | 120 | 1:140,726 | 21,487 |
| New Zealand | 118 | 1:38,376 | 6,521 |
| South Africa | 118 | 1:459,133 | 38,484 |
| France | 109 | 1:609,383 | 80,423 |
| Argentina | 88 | 1:485,721 | 36,028 |
| Indonesia | 87 | 1:1,520,106 | 102,006 |
| Philippines | 78 | 1:1,297,926 | 97,909 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Ivory Coast | 69 | 1:334,366 | 12,150 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Russia | 57 | 1:2,528,475 | 145,724 |
| Chile | 46 | 1:382,967 | 10,457 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Sweden | 39 | 1:252,481 | 17,476 |
| French Polynesia | 37 | 1:7,589 | 1,667 |
| Paraguay | 35 | 1:206,764 | 3,828 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Peru | 27 | 1:1,177,190 | 20,369 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| Vietnam | 17 | 1:5,449,768 | 2,445 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Italy | 13 | 1:4,704,361 | 107,811 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 1:1,445,986 | 17,636 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| Belize | 10 | 1:35,547 | 2,218 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| South Korea | 9 | 1:5,693,362 | 993 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Macau | 5 | 1:120,326 | 534 |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 1:1,204,218 | 5,298 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
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.
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nkuo | 86 | 474 | / |
| Kuoe | 86 | 62 | / |
| Kuoy | 86 | 48 | / |
| Khuo | 86 | 21 | / |
| Kuoa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Kcuo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kuod | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kkuo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kwuo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kguo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ckuo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kuoz | 86 | 0 | / |
| Ko | 80 | 1,025,769 | / |
| Kouho | 75 | 861 | / |
| Kuhot | 75 | 246 | / |
| Kuoha | 75 | 69 | / |
| Khuoy | 75 | 26 | / |
| Ngkuo | 75 | 7 | / |
| Kuhod | 75 | 4 | / |
| Khuoa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Khuot | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kuhoi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kguoa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuott | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kwuot | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kquoi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kwuoh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuhos | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuopf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khuoh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kuost | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kuopp | 75 | 0 | / |
| Guo | 67 | 16,483,470 | / |
| Kou | 67 | 412,508 | / |
| Kho | 67 | 121,119 | / |
| Koh | 67 | 92,528 | / |
| Koo | 67 | 33,433 | / |
| Koi | 67 | 23,049 | / |
| Koy | 67 | 18,752 | / |
| Kua | 67 | 13,957 | / |
| Koa | 67 | 8,262 | / |
| Koj | 67 | 6,555 | / |
| Quo | 67 | 3,303 | / |
| Koş | 67 | 2,973 | / |
| Koï | 67 | 1,814 | / |
| Keu | 67 | 1,560 | / |
| Koß | 67 | 973 | / |
| Kwo | 67 | 718 | / |
| Cuo | 67 | 279 | / |
| Kouhou | 67 | 191 | / |
| Cko | 67 | 133 | / |
| Kgo | 67 | 46 | / |
| Koľ | 67 | 39 | / |
| Kouowa | 67 | 35 | / |
| Koî | 67 | 26 | / |
| Kko | 67 | 23 | / |
| Hko | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gko | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kco | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nkwuoh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Koś | 67 | 9 | / |
| Koć | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kqo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kuohou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Qko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuhoch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koĺ | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kkuoyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khauou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khuohe | 67 | 1 | / |
Kuo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuo in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁଓ | ku'o | - |
| Kuo in the Marathi language | ||
| कुवो | kuvo | - |
| Kuo in the Hindi language | ||
| कु | ku | 84.62 |
| कुाो | kuao | 7.69 |
| कुओ | ku'o | 7.69 |
| Kuo in the Russian language | ||
| Куо | kuo | - |
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