Kuwu
loc · Latin script
Meaning: village head
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kuwu is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country.
- KRSouth Korea≈1 in 2.6Mas 구우(inferred from the name graph)
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kuwu itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Korea (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 4 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.6M (inferred from the name graph)
≈20 named 구우, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Korea, est., as 구우
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled 구우 in KR South Korea.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
village head
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kuwu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR South Korea | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 2.6M | 구우 | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kuwu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In kaw, dwelling, housing, quarters, lodgings (often of temporarily erected housing or buildings at feasts or pleasure trips); tents, encampment; but also residence of _patih_ (high official in the court), _mantri_ (king’s counselor, minister)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Javanese, village military official in charge of water
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In kaw, dwelling, housing, quarter, lodging
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ski, small hut in the fields
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kuwu mean, and where does it come from?
- village head Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Kuwu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 people named 구우 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Kuwu?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 people in South Korea have 구우 as their first given name, about 1 in 2.6 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Kuwu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kuwuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kuwu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.