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The KO surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 10,483 3152 0.004 39
United States (1880 census) 48 50230 0 1
Change since 1880 +10435 +47078 +N/A +38
Other Countries
Australia 597 2709 0.004 37
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for KO by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 4,076 799 0.012 120
New York 1,251 1494 0.007 66
New Jersey 682 1354 0.008 81
Virginia 459 2070 0.006 65
Texas 426 5028 0.002 20
Top States for KO by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Hawaii 221 413 0.018 182
California 4,076 799 0.012 120
New Jersey 682 1354 0.008 81
New York 1,251 1494 0.007 66
Virginia 459 2070 0.006 65

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

Classification and Origin of KO

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 KO 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 KO in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 326 3.11
Mixed Race 249 2.38
White (Hispanic) 80 0.76
Black/African American 10 0.1
Native American/Alaskan 10 0.1
Asian/Pacific 9,806 93.54

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

Meaning of KO in historical publications

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

Similar names to KO

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KO.

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.