How rare is the last name Chou?

10,502 people in the United States have the last name Chou, about 1 in 28,461. It ranks #3,347 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CHOU

#3,347

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,502
About
1 in 28,461
This common or more
53.9%
Who bears it

Of the 10,502 people with the last name Chou, 92.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.4% as two or more races and 2.6% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Chou

#3,345 Mccloskey · 10,518#3,346 Dees · 10,509#3,348 Eng · 10,499#3,349 Briseno · 10,495

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chou, most common first.

#624 Choi · 52,885#964 Cho · 35,679#1,154 Chu · 29,872#1,977 Chau · 17,795#2,052 Chow · 17,205#2,580 Chiu · 13,686#4,458 Choe · 7,717#6,618 Choy · 4,910

Also a first name

As a first name, Chou ranks #13,046 of 53,615, with 936 people. See Chou as a first name

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