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The KOO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,870 7928 0.001 14
United States (1880 census) 25 68446 0 0
Change since 1880 +3845 +60518 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 207 7326 0.001 13
United Kingdom 143 20003 0 3
Top States for KOO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,547 2004 0.005 46
New York 469 3980 0.002 25
New Jersey 290 3221 0.003 34
Virginia 172 4539 0.002 24
Texas 156 10752 0.001 7
Top States for KOO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 1,547 2004 0.005 46
Hawaii 50 2049 0.004 41
New Jersey 290 3221 0.003 34
New York 469 3980 0.002 25
Virginia 172 4539 0.002 24

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KOO live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KOO represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KOO in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KOO by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KOO

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: China

Language of origin: Chinese

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KOO surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KOO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 247 6.38
Mixed Race 112 2.89
White (Hispanic) 64 1.65
Asian/Pacific 3,422 88.42
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KOO surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KOO in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of KOO.

Similar names to KOO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KOO.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for KOO

The following words are slight variants of KOO that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.