Whoo Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Singapore

Whoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Whoo (38) may also be a first name.

Whoo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whoo is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whoo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 77 percent of Whoo live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 38 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 30 percent live, Texas, where 30 percent live and Massachusetts, where 20 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 8 percent live and Singapore, where 8 percent live.

Whoo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whoo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whoo last name rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whoo Last Name Statistics demography

Whoo earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 69.41% less than the national average, earning $13,200 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woo8655,593/
Who8695/
Whoosh8015/
Whooie803/
Whoods802/
Whoe7556/
Wooy7542/
Wooe7534/
Whoy7511/
Whou757/
Whoa754/
Whoi752/
Hwoo752/
Whuo752/
Wwho751/
Whho751/
Whot751/
Wooa751/
Wkho751/
Wo677,678/
Woodd67306/
Woost67201/
Wuhou6770/
Wchoa6754/
Wouho6712/
Houho6710/
Whoit672/
Woodh672/
Whott671/
Woosd671/
Whosh671/
Whost671/
Whozp671/
Hvooe671/
Whoey670/
Woott670/
Whoch670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whoo
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