The Ngo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 33,005 people carried this name — #1,062 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,940 people counted. That is up 38% from 23,980 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ngo surname
Borrowed from Vietnamese Ngô, from Hokkien 吳 /吴 (Ngô͘).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ngo» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
549 people named Ngo live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 488 people named Ngo.
Most of them — 434 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
85 people named Ngo have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 653 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 52 people named Ngo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
1,282 people named Ngo are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ngo in American newspapers,
1957–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 257,296 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ngo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Thanh Hai Ngo 1947– · judge -
The Duc Ngo 1974– · cook -
Pierre Ngo 1976– · actor -
Andy Ngo 1986– · writer -
TenZ 2001– · professional gamer -
Anh Dung Ngô 1947– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 33 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ngo.
- Newton 74,092 · U.S. census
- Ney 3,285 · U.S. census
- Neyens 437 · U.S. census
- Neyer 619 · U.S. census
- Nez 4,827 · U.S. census
- Ng 31,210 · U.S. census
- Nguon 443 · U.S. census
- Nguyen 437,645 · U.S. census
- Niang 888 · U.S. census
- Nicaise 154 · U.S. census
- Nicar 127 · U.S. census
- Nicastro 2,144 · U.S. census
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