Foo is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Foo
No. of characters: 3
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Foo

How popular is Foo?

Foo is common in China.

Foo is ranked 2007 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Foos grew by 20.39417 per cent to 1405 since 2000 and ranked 19282 after elevating 1713 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 79.29 80.29
White 8.4 6.6
Others 7.12 9.85
Black 2.78 2.14
Hispanic or Latino 2.42 1.11
Foo is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Singapore is ahead in terms of density. Around 273968 people have been found who wears Foo as their family name. Foo is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
8,609 Trinidad and Tobago9
5,909 Bangladesh3
16,605 Austria3
2,720 South Korea3
119,730 Brazil3
18,114 Algeria3
4,881 Oman3
1,472 The Bahamas2
26,532 Chile2
12,844 Pakistan2
20,837 Venezuela2
28,083 Romania2
8,500 Dominican Republic1
18,969 Wales1
24,460 Armenia1
90,903 Moldova1
7,191 Afghanistan1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
6,820 Angola1
56,169 Mexico1
120,357 Argentina1
31,584 Peru1
510 East Timor1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,283 Lithuania1
2,040 Mali1
2,057 Myanmar1
38,830 Morocco1
235 São Tomé and Príncipe1
8,859 Iraq1
29,595 Iran1
25,721 Egypt1
6,149 Ethiopia1
624 Solomon Islands1
2,715 Gabon1
42,479 Greece1
5,589 Sudan1
11,923 Slovenia1
2,078 Lesotho1
2,024 Mongolia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
146,725 Indonesia50
5,205 Qatar49
41,360 Netherlands49
95,259 Italy45
21,712 Sweden44
6,873 Ireland44
68,343 Spain23
153,005 Ukraine22
52,530 Belgium22
3,578 Japan19
559,154 India12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,203 Denmark84
6,532 Scotland79
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
2,783 Jamaica71
172,092 Russia56
Countries with hundreds of Foo:
5,461 Canada798
48 Brunei755
19,799 Philippines709
22,254 Germany471
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
444 Thailand234
1,189 Mauritius201
731 Guyana191
335 Macau188
4,358 New Zealand175
32,575 South Africa164
66,174 France147
31,070 Turkey140
8,764 Switzerland135
Countries with thousands of Foo:
206 Hong Kong2,503
16,575 United States1,996
447 Papua New Guinea1,993
1,668 Australia1,914
389 Taiwan1,333
1,569 Vietnam1,192
1,243 Cambodia1,173
6,423 England1,092
Countries with ten thousands of Foo:
50 Malaysia76,744
31 Singapore22,384
Countries with hundred thousands of Foo:
293 China156,167
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 23 years old spinster Anne Foo who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on July 29, 1850 by Jane put out from Liverpool.

Foo Namesakes

  • Adeline Foo, Film producer
  • Tim Footman, Author
  • Iron Foot Jack, Business person
  • Georgia May Foote, Actress
  • Alisha Foote, Soccer player
  • Alister Foot, Olympic athlete
  • Alphonso Footman, Sr., Lenorris Footman's father
  • George M. Foote, Judge
  • Michael Foot, Former Leader of the Labour Party
  • Philippa Foot, Philosopher
  • In 2016, Hiu-Mei Foo played the role of N in comedy, romance film iGirl mung ching yan.
  • In 1985 comedy, romance flick, Wo yuan yi, Wang-Tat Foo played N.
  • In 2015 drama movie, Fragment, Fei Ling Foo played N.
  • Matthew Foo, from 1995 drama movie Yao jie huang hou, who portrayed Dr. Toh.
  • In 1988 adventure, fantasy flick, Xiu xiu gui, Josephine Foo played Sau.

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