Wu surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wu surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 45,815 people carried this name — #683 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,890 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

706 people named Wu live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 205
Vaud 146
Geneva 92
Bern 35
Basel-Stadt 31
Aargau 30
Zug 25
Neuchâtel 24

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 614 people named Wu 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 map

Where they live today

Brussels-Capital 139
Flemish Brabant 123
Antwerp 70
Liège 63
East Flanders 60
Hainaut 57
West Flanders 31
Namur 29

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 169 people named Wu.

Most of them — 146 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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

Born outside France 146
Paris 14
French Polynesia 4
Yvelines 1
Somme 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1
Val-de-Marne 1
French Guiana 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

53 people named Wu have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 798 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 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

Masovian 31
Lower Silesian 5
Lesser Poland 5
Lublin 4
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 2
Warmian-Masurian 2
Greater Poland 2
West Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Wu in American newspapers,
1885–1938.

Newspaper page from The Lake County Star carrying the name Wu
The Lake County Star 1885-01-08
Newspaper page from The Richfield Recorder carrying the name Wu
The Richfield Recorder 1910-03-03
Newspaper page from The Mahnomen Pioneer carrying the name Wu
The Mahnomen Pioneer 1923-02-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,400,012 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wu,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wu Qi
    Wu Qi -43–-38 · military personnel
  • Baosheng Dadi
    Baosheng Dadi 979–1036 · physician
  • Empress Wu
    Empress Wu 1115–1197
  • Wu Weiye
    Wu Weiye 1609–1671 · writer
  • Mu'an
    Mu'an 1611–1684 · Buddhist monk

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 137 lives in all are documented under this name.

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