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

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

How popular is Kou?

Kou is common in China.

Kou is ranked 1354 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kous grew by 46.32107 per cent to 875 since 2000 and ranked 27534 after elevating 8051 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 88.46 90.47
Hispanic or Latino 4.11 2.68
White 3.89 1.67
Black 2.17 0
Others 1.37 4.85
Kou is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Macau is ahead in terms of density. Around 393022 people have been found who wears Kou as their family name. Kou is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,235 Costa Rica7
2,011 South Korea4
359 Laos4
19,865 Iran3
3,861 Syria3
8,993 Tunisia3
89,020 Tanzania2
41,879 Turkey2
4,164 Vietnam2
23,344 Austria2
8,657 Lebanon2
40,256 Mexico2
5,318 Iraq2
14,004 Hungary2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
28,083 Romania2
5,671 Guatemala2
54,135 Philippines2
13,606 Senegal1
49,529 Israel1
120,357 Argentina1
53,033 Nigeria1
2,715 Gabon1
38,063 Mauritania1
25,746 Finland1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
6,149 Ethiopia1
24,176 Qatar1
47,891 Norway1
5,872 Namibia1
2,057 Myanmar1
38,841 Scotland1
2,309 Monaco1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
3,307 Malta1
18,969 Wales1
25,721 Egypt1
17,236 Ghana1
29,774 Venezuela1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
95,259 Italy45
46,461 Netherlands40
43,662 Belgium30
32,811 Sweden29
344,912 India28
21,901 Chile27
4,169 Cyprus26
20,233 Denmark25
21,268 New Zealand21
14,048 Ireland16
12,285 Burkina Faso15
7,162 Thailand15
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
30,024 Australia76
Countries with hundreds of Kou:
486 Lesotho889
2,690 Ivory Coast877
1,892 Greece811
10,269 Algeria625
9,594 Morocco537
583 Hong Kong498
4,870 Malaysia455
24,423 Indonesia448
5,811 Peru413
7,351 Cameroon396
27,922 France355
1,594 Singapore260
14,837 Canada252
43,536 Germany235
56,243 Brazil175
31,049 England145
39,125 South Africa128
Countries with thousands of Kou:
464 Cambodia5,277
219 Taiwan3,998
62 Macau1,530
25,487 United States1,204
Countries with ten thousands of Kou:
1,305 Japan11,955
Countries with hundred thousands of Kou:
217 China361,038
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Comments

S
Sharice Oakley
 Kou is a masculine first name is a derivative precision Jacques: Jacques jacquou Breton diminutive name is a masculine origin of the name is Hebrew his feast is celebrated on January 28 / February 8 / April 16 / May 3 / June 8 / July 25 / etymology comes from Aqab supplant / whoever wins.

Kou Namesakes

  • Abdou Kouider Ben Naoum, Mathematician
  • Abdoul Kouanda, Actor
  • Audrey Koumba, Olympic athlete
  • Adama Kouyate, Actor
  • Adil Koukouh, Actor
  • Adriaan Kousemaker, Composer
  • Dimitrios Koukoulitsios, Soccer player
  • Vangelis Koutsopoulos, Soccer player
  • Ahmadou Kourouma, Novelist
  • Mathias Kouo-Doumbé, Soccer player
  • In 2011 drama film, 10+10, Chia-Jui Kou characterized segment "Destined Eruption".

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