Koo Surname
Approximately 33,433 people bear this surname
Koo Surname User-submission:
It is a surname of Chinese origin.
Cu being a Chinese transliteration of Qiu being the pinyin in Mandarin for 邱.
Other transliterations from the Mandarin are Chiu or Chiou, while Yau or Yao being its Cantonese transliteration.
Read More About This SurnameKoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 10,878 | 1:2,711 | 402 |
| United States | 6,570 | 1:55,169 | 6,581 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,948 | 1:15,840 | 2,206 |
| Hong Kong | 1,560 | 1:4,702 | 231 |
| Singapore | 1,404 | 1:3,923 | 293 |
| Canada | 1,376 | 1:26,777 | 3,573 |
| South Korea | 1,235 | 1:41,490 | 138 |
| Thailand | 1,047 | 1:67,467 | 8,665 |
| Australia | 598 | 1:45,143 | 5,669 |
| Mexico | 578 | 1:214,751 | 5,637 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Mauritius | 505 | 1:2,561 | 432 |
| China | 457 | 1:2,991,951 | 381 |
| Peru | 408 | 1:77,902 | 5,517 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| England | 320 | 1:174,119 | 15,890 |
| Papua New Guinea | 281 | 1:29,017 | 3,310 |
| Japan | 253 | 1:505,313 | 14,504 |
| Indonesia | 227 | 1:582,596 | 46,553 |
| United Arab Emirates | 201 | 1:45,583 | 4,611 |
| Panama | 190 | 1:20,591 | 1,379 |
| Iran | 180 | 1:426,570 | 26,777 |
| Nigeria | 174 | 1:1,018,062 | 42,870 |
| New Zealand | 173 | 1:26,175 | 4,585 |
| Austria | 169 | 1:50,387 | 7,983 |
| Brazil | 165 | 1:1,297,420 | 44,380 |
| Cameroon | 151 | 1:137,543 | 15,369 |
| Philippines | 133 | 1:761,190 | 74,637 |
| Vietnam | 124 | 1:747,146 | 1,687 |
| Netherlands | 116 | 1:145,579 | 22,016 |
| Qatar | 109 | 1:21,633 | 2,325 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 83 | 1:16,433 | 2,039 |
| Russia | 76 | 1:1,896,356 | 120,402 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Germany | 62 | 1:1,298,475 | 82,291 |
| India | 49 | 1:15,654,396 | 253,566 |
| Romania | 46 | 1:436,475 | 34,584 |
| Taiwan | 43 | 1:545,227 | 4,074 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Chile | 32 | 1:550,515 | 13,718 |
| Mongolia | 32 | 1:88,290 | 6,105 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Guam | 21 | 1:7,625 | 1,143 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Guyana | 15 | 1:50,815 | 4,586 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Costa Rica | 11 | 1:434,552 | 3,937 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Macau | 7 | 1:85,947 | 463 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Brunei | 5 | 1:83,746 | 1,811 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Koo (13,654) may also be a first name.
Koo Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It is a surname of Chinese origin.
Cu being a Chinese transliteration of Qiu being the pinyin in Mandarin for 邱.
Other transliterations from the Mandarin are Chiu or Chiou, while Yau or Yao being its Cantonese transliteration. Koo and Gu are the Korean ones, Cù and Cu being its Vietnamese transliteration, and as Khoo and Khoe being its Teochew and Hokkien.
- anthonykThe surname is of Chinese origin, with Qiu being the pinyin for Mandarin. Other transliterations from the Mandarin are Chiu or Chiou, while Yau/Yao being its Cantonese transliteration. Koo and Gu are the Korean ones.
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Koo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koo (Hindi: कू, Russian: Коо) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 16,598th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 217,975 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Koo are found; 41 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 33 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Koo is also the 49,528th most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 13,654 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 10,878 people, or 1 in 2,711. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 29 percent are found, Johor, where 24 percent are found and Perak, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Malaysia it exists in 116 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent are found.
Koo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Koo has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 26,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Koo are 5.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.27% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Koo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 40.62% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,259 per year; in South Africa they earn 297.55% more than the national average, earning R 944,724 per year; in United States they earn 29.41% more than the national average, earning $55,838 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.63% more than the national average, earning $62,913 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khoo | 86 | 47,960 | / |
| Kooy | 86 | 3,153 | / |
| Kooß | 86 | 30 | / |
| Kooa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kooj | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kooe | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kkoo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kooš | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ckoo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ko | 80 | 1,025,769 | / |
| Kooij | 75 | 4,583 | / |
| Khooe | 75 | 287 | / |
| Khooa | 75 | 248 | / |
| Koosz | 75 | 100 | / |
| Koost | 75 | 83 | / |
| Kooyi | 75 | 62 | / |
| Koohy | 75 | 41 | / |
| Kqooe | 75 | 15 | / |
| Kooha | 75 | 12 | / |
| Koohs | 75 | 8 | / |
| Kooss | 75 | 8 | / |
| Khooj | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kooie | 75 | 2 | / |
| Koopp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kooii | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kooys | 75 | 0 | / |
| Koopf | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kou | 67 | 412,508 | / |
| Kho | 67 | 121,119 | / |
| Koh | 67 | 92,528 | / |
| Kuo | 67 | 23,523 | / |
| Koi | 67 | 23,049 | / |
| Koy | 67 | 18,752 | / |
| Koe | 67 | 12,332 | / |
| Koa | 67 | 8,262 | / |
| Koj | 67 | 6,555 | / |
| Coo | 67 | 3,214 | / |
| Koş | 67 | 2,973 | / |
| Koï | 67 | 1,814 | / |
| Koß | 67 | 973 | / |
| Cko | 67 | 133 | / |
| Qoo | 67 | 123 | / |
| Koňová | 67 | 97 | / |
| Khooha | 67 | 62 | / |
| Koľová | 67 | 47 | / |
| Kgo | 67 | 46 | / |
| Khooch | 67 | 46 | / |
| Koľ | 67 | 39 | / |
| Kouowa | 67 | 35 | / |
| Kooths | 67 | 31 | / |
| Koî | 67 | 26 | / |
| Kko | 67 | 23 | / |
| Koyowa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Kohova | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kozowa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hko | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gko | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kco | 67 | 11 | / |
| Koś | 67 | 9 | / |
| Koć | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kuohou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kqo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kootts | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kojowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khooie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Qko | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koot's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koyova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koiová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koĺ | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koyová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koottz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kooyst | 67 | 0 | / |
| Koohtz | 67 | 0 | / |
Koo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koo in the Hindi language | ||
| कू | ku | 89.08 |
| Koo in the Russian language | ||
| Коо | koo | - |
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