How common is the last name Wu?

97,527 people in the United States have the last name Wu, about 1 in 3,065. It ranks #318 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WU

#318

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
97,527
About
1 in 3,065
This common or more
27.2%
Who bears it

Of the 97,527 people with the last name Wu, 95.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.2% as White and 1.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wu

#316 Molina · 97,649#317 Pearson · 97,562#319 Holland · 97,501#320 Schneider · 97,428

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wu, most common first.

#140,525 Wuu · 122

Also a first name

As a first name, Wu ranks #11,948 of 53,615, with 1,057 people. See Wu as a first name

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