Yoo is used as a family name or surname in South Korea. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Yoo
No. of characters: 3
Origin: South Korea
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Yoo

How popular is Yoo?

Yoo is common in South Korea.

Yoo is ranked 1066 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Yoos grew by 34.22308 per cent to 13225 since 2000 and ranked 2724 after elevating 606 spots. The last name was found in around 45 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 95.49 94.89
White 2.66 3.1
Others 1.06 1.27
Hispanic or Latino 0.59 0.47
Yoo is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Korea which signifies that it is originated from South Korea. Around 495910 people have been found who wears Yoo as their family name. Yoo is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
23,739 Nigeria5
423 Swaziland3
19,865 Iran3
8,926 Cameroon3
10,329 Pakistan3
9,500 Ghana3
14,193 Egypt3
20,837 Venezuela2
5,859 Mauritius2
2,085 Nepal2
5,318 Iraq2
9,272 Ecuador2
44,018 Poland2
35,969 Denmark2
9,116 Nicaragua1
90,903 Moldova1
20,172 Hungary1
28,746 Algeria1
42,479 Greece1
13,606 Senegal1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
21,562 Portugal1
15,162 Costa Rica1
49,529 Israel1
5,924 Paraguay1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
3,307 Malta1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,057 Myanmar1
14,644 Tunisia1
38,830 Morocco1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,309 Monaco1
19,533 Uruguay1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
18,969 Wales1
3,952 Yemen1
12,270 Lebanon1
799 British Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,082 Spain45
18,843 Chile36
12,692 Scotland33
587 Guam32
32,811 Sweden29
8,720 Qatar29
52,530 Belgium22
11,387 Ireland22
94,051 Kazakhstan19
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
96,920 Indonesia82
1,290 Thailand72
12,039 Colombia70
5,314 Kuwait70
33,970 Netherlands66
227,675 India57
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Yoo:
15,719 Brazil843
3,753 Australia811
774 Singapore603
792 Taiwan464
630 Hong Kong463
13,711 England430
3,073 Guatemala369
26,927 France367
13,215 Mexico314
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
3,201 New Zealand239
25,062 Argentina209
48,322 Italy157
6,371 United Arab Emirates153
31,070 Turkey140
457 China138
9,948 Austria131
9,314 Switzerland126
43,624 South Africa110
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Yoo:
589 Vietnam4,968
5,699 Philippines2,449
2,600 Canada1,888
1,735 Malaysia1,619
6,895 Germany1,379
1,243 Cambodia1,173
Countries with ten thousands of Yoo:
2,859 United States14,058
1,435 Japan10,798
Countries with hundred thousands of Yoo:
20 South Korea450,268
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Yoo Namesakes

  • Aaliyah Yoong, Alex Yoong's sister
  • Aaron Yoo, Actor
  • Alex Yoong, Racing driver
  • Sireeporn Yoogthatat, Actress
  • Im Yoona, Singer
  • Oh Yoon-ah, Actress
  • Kayla J. Yoo, Singer
  • Sireeporn Yoogthatat, Actress
  • Alex Yoong, Racing driver
  • Alister Yoong, Alex Yoong's son
    • Aaron Yoo, American actor known for his role in the movie Disturbia.
  • In 2015 drama, sport flick, 4 Deung, Jae-Sang Yoo characterized Jun-ho.
  • Jang Young Yoo, from 2015 drama film Lost Flower Eo Woo-dong, who characterized the King Seong-jong.
  • In 2012, Yeon-mi Yoo played the role of Yeon-mi in drama film Kon-dol-eun nal-agan-da.
  • In 2015 drama, history film, Sado, Ah-In Yoo characterized Crown Prince Sado.

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