The Vo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 36,236 people carried this name — #960 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,140 people counted. That is up 45% from 24,956 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 421 people named Vo.
Most of them — 369 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Ardèche.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
332 people named Vo live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 167 people named Vo 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
38 people named Vo have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 488 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 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 the Nordic population registers
1,232 people named Vo 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
Vo in American newspapers,
1864–1941.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,233,737 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vo,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hubert Vo 1956– · politician -
Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh 1969– · choreographer -
Nghi Vo 1981– · writer -
Kim Anh Vo 1990– · hacker -
Nghia M. Vo 1947–
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Patrick Vo 1953– · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 25 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vo.
- Vivier 724 · U.S. census
- Vivion 142 · U.S. census
- Vix 251 · U.S. census
- Vizcaino 3,020 · U.S. census
- Vizier 162 · U.S. census
- Vlaminck 153 · U.S. census
- Voccia 109 · U.S. census
- Voegel 207 · U.S. census
- Voegele 1,269 · U.S. census
- Voegeli 668 · U.S. census
- Voegtlin 203 · U.S. census
- Voelkel 1,083 · U.S. census
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