Woo Surname
Approximately 55,593 people bear this surname
Woo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,335 | 1:18,746 | 2,359 |
| Malaysia | 11,733 | 1:2,514 | 378 |
| Canada | 4,484 | 1:8,217 | 1,213 |
| Hong Kong | 3,331 | 1:2,202 | 159 |
| China | 2,434 | 1:561,759 | 263 |
| Singapore | 2,354 | 1:2,340 | 225 |
| Thailand | 1,872 | 1:37,734 | 4,042 |
| South Korea | 1,704 | 1:30,071 | 132 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,431 | 1:21,562 | 2,950 |
| Australia | 1,242 | 1:21,736 | 3,008 |
| Philippines | 705 | 1:143,600 | 24,158 |
| Mexico | 583 | 1:212,909 | 5,608 |
| England | 577 | 1:96,565 | 10,260 |
| United Arab Emirates | 488 | 1:18,775 | 2,209 |
| Brazil | 402 | 1:532,523 | 19,975 |
| Japan | 223 | 1:573,293 | 15,516 |
| Nicaragua | 196 | 1:30,720 | 1,149 |
| New Zealand | 195 | 1:23,222 | 4,072 |
| Mauritius | 163 | 1:7,935 | 1,677 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Netherlands | 145 | 1:116,463 | 18,437 |
| Dominican Republic | 131 | 1:79,641 | 3,650 |
| Vietnam | 114 | 1:812,685 | 1,739 |
| Russia | 106 | 1:1,359,651 | 95,867 |
| Germany | 100 | 1:805,055 | 59,076 |
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| France | 90 | 1:738,030 | 91,686 |
| India | 80 | 1:9,588,317 | 188,446 |
| Qatar | 78 | 1:30,231 | 3,215 |
| Colombia | 67 | 1:713,046 | 8,060 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 63 | 1:21,650 | 2,464 |
| Taiwan | 55 | 1:426,268 | 3,270 |
| Brunei | 53 | 1:7,901 | 1,015 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Venezuela | 50 | 1:604,082 | 10,803 |
| Guam | 41 | 1:3,905 | 492 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| Sweden | 36 | 1:273,521 | 18,976 |
| Peru | 35 | 1:908,118 | 18,273 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Panama | 32 | 1:122,258 | 4,322 |
| Scotland | 31 | 1:172,704 | 9,690 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Italy | 19 | 1:3,218,773 | 100,309 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Northern Ireland | 17 | 1:108,532 | 6,545 |
| Jamaica | 17 | 1:168,820 | 5,436 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Costa Rica | 15 | 1:318,671 | 3,310 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Ecuador | 13 | 1:1,223,527 | 16,126 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Cuba | 10 | 1:1,152,272 | 6,837 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Macau | 5 | 1:120,326 | 534 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| North Korea | 4 | 1:6,279,262 | 91 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 73 | 1:687,927 | 44,660 |
Woo (6,608) may also be a first name.
Woo Demographics
Average Male Woo Height
173.7 cm
Average Female Woo Height
163.03 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Woo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Woo is most common in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Woo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woo? popularity and diffusion
Woo is the 10,132nd most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 131,087 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Woo live; 43 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. Woo is also the 80,540th most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 6,608 people.
Woo is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 19,335 people, or 1 in 18,746. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 47 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Washington, where 4 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 123 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.
Woo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Woo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Woo last name grew 26,486 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 19,233 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Woo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Woo last name is primarily Orthodox (71%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Woo surname are 13.18% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.41% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Woo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 12.1% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,730 per year; in South Africa they earn 21.05% less than the national average, earning R 187,620 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.18% less than the national average, earning $17,666,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 21.62% more than the national average, earning $52,478 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.93% more than the national average, earning $58,096 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooy | 86 | 42 | / |
| Wooe | 86 | 34 | / |
| Whoo | 86 | 13 | / |
| Hwoo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wooa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wo | 80 | 7,678 | / |
| Woodd | 75 | 306 | / |
| Woost | 75 | 201 | / |
| Wouho | 75 | 12 | / |
| Woodh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Woosd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Woott | 75 | 0 | / |
| Boo | 67 | 14,695 | / |
| Voo | 67 | 5,347 | / |
| Wuo | 67 | 3,077 | / |
| Woy | 67 | 1,627 | / |
| Woi | 67 | 1,299 | / |
| Woh | 67 | 907 | / |
| Woe | 67 | 868 | / |
| Wou | 67 | 599 | / |
| Woa | 67 | 291 | / |
| Who | 67 | 95 | / |
| Hwo | 67 | 59 | / |
| Woj | 67 | 30 | / |
| Wouhou | 67 | 22 | / |
| Whoosh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Woš | 67 | 9 | / |
| D'Wood | 67 | 8 | / |
| Woodss | 67 | 7 | / |
| Vwo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Woï | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whooie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Whoods | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wood's | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wwoodz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wozowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wootch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woosch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woodsz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woodds | 67 | 0 | / |
| Wwoods | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Woo
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