How Many People Have the Last Name Kao?
people had the surname Kao in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 49,020 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Asian and Pacific Islander
Change Since 2000
+702 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kao (93.1%) are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander, Kao ranks #243. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
Withheld: too few people to publish.
See the most common Asian last names.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kao grew from 5,316 people in 2000 to 6,018 in 2010 (up 13.2%), and its rank rose from #5,963 to #5,758.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 5,316 | 6,018 |
| Rank | #5,963 | #5,758 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.97 | 2.04 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kao
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kao: K000
👤 Kao as a First Name
Kao is a first name too: about 692 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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