The Kuo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,426 people carried this name — #4,767 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,700 people counted. That is up 13% from 6,570 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Kuo surname

From Mandarin 郭 (Guō).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kuo» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 127 people named Kuo live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 77
Buenos Aires Province 38
Misiones 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Kuo live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 15
Vaud 6
Geneva 4
Aargau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

55 people named Kuo is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 55

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Kuo in American newspapers,
1919–1929.

Newspaper page from The Bolivar County Democrat carrying the name Kuo
The Bolivar County Democrat 1919-12-06
Newspaper page from Greenbrier Independent carrying the name Kuo
Greenbrier Independent 1920-01-09
Newspaper page from Imperial Valley Press carrying the name Kuo
Imperial Valley Press 1929-02-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,613 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kuo in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

822 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kuo. The most, 125, date from the 1890s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 233
New South Wales 217
ACT (Canberra) 115
Queensland 105
South Australia 72
Western Australia 36
Tasmania 17

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kuo.

Who carried it

People named Kuo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Irene Kuo 1919–1993 · chef
  • Irene Kuo 1919–1993 · chef
  • Jung-chao Kuo 1930–2019 · scientist
  • Benjamin C. Kuo 1930–2012 · electrical engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kuo,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States82 records

82 records of the Kuo name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 78
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Hwei Nan Kuo

    Born 1910 in Kunming, China. Entered the United States at San Francisco in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)
  2. An Oregon State Board of Health certificate of death, 1910
    Example: U.S. death certificate, 1910
    Death record Wong Kuo

    Died 1946 in Manhattan, New York, aged 61.

    NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data)
  3. An Oregon State Board of Health certificate of death, 1910
    Example: U.S. death certificate, 1910
    Death record Shienwoo Kuo

    Died 1971 in New York State, aged 76.

    New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index

Showing 3 of 82 records for Kuo in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0); Certificate of death, Oregon State Board of Health, 1910, Oregon State Archives (public domain).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Kuo name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Pao Sun Kuo

    Married in 1937 in Utrecht. Died 1972 in Nijmegen; "restauranthouder".

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sun Yan Kuo

    Married in 1945 in Dordrecht; merchant.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Kuo in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Kuo name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Sw Xin Kuo

    Buried in 1984 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Kuo name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Christian Stephan Kuo

    Born 1948 in Paris; died 1980 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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Surnames next to Kuo.

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