The Xu surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,228 people carried this name — #2,701 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,100 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
561 people named Xu live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 458 people named Xu 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 144 people named Xu.
Most of them — 133 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 2 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
40 people named Xu have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 833 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 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.
Who carried it
People named Xu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Xu Siwen 1366–1408 · politician -
Xu Zeng 1824–1903 · painter -
Hu Rufen 1863– · politician -
Chengyao Xu 1874–1946 · politician -
Khoo Ka-chiong 1883–1954
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 192 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Xu.
- Wypych 215 · U.S. census
- Wysocki 4,920 · U.S. census
- Wyss 2,059 · U.S. census
- Xavier 2,268 · U.S. census
- Ximenez 311 · U.S. census
- Xiong 26,336 · U.S. census
- Xuereb 203 · U.S. census
- Ya 349 · U.S. census
- Yacono 370 · U.S. census
- Yacoub 1,019 · U.S. census
- Yahia 146 · U.S. census
- Yahya 577 · U.S. census
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