Where Does The Last Name Yoo Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Yoo (Hindi: यू, Russian: Йоо) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Yoó. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoo? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 18,841^st most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 249,232 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Yoo are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Yoo is also the 77,463^rd most frequently held first name globally, held by 7,011 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 15,998 people, or 1 in 22,657. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 37 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and New Jersey, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name is found in 99 countries. It also occurs in South Korea, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Yoo Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Yoo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Yoo surname grew 145,436 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Yoo Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Yoo are 0.97% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.26% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Yoo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 85.51% more than the national average, earning 642,023 kr per year; in United States they earn 21.24% more than the national average, earning $52,314 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.67% more than the national average, earning $57,966 CAD per year.