How common is the last name Vu?

43,790 people in the United States have the last name Vu, about 1 in 6,826. It ranks #773 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

VU

#773

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
43,790
About
1 in 6,826
This common or more
36.8%
Who bears it

Of the 43,790 people with the last name Vu, 95.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.9% as two or more races and 1.4% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Vu

#771 Salgado · 43,867#772 Merritt · 43,857#774 Strong · 43,757#775 Woodard · 43,731

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,560 Vue · 13,761#43,628 Vuu · 533

Also a first name

As a first name, Vu ranks #3,488 of 53,615, with 5,944 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1982, with 60 births. See Vu as a first name

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