Phổ

given name · Latin script

Meaning: to compose a score, arrange, or write lyrics to a song

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Phổ is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 250K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 367K
  • NONorway1 in 456K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,333 people, 2010

Sources
50 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 250K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Pho in US United States.

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)

to compose a score, arrange, or write lyrics to a song

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Phổ 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.

Where Phổ is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,3331 in 250K1.5KPho50
AR Argentina271 in 1.7M27——
NL Netherlands241 in 720K24—3
DK Denmark161 in 367K16——
CH Switzerland131 in 646K13—1
NO Norway121 in 456K12—1

1,333 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Phổ is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Pho, Phoe, Phố, Phö, Phở

  • Spanish surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, El Salvador, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Pho, Phố, Phó, Phở, Phô

  • a separate name11 spellings in the group

    Also written Phǭ, Phō, Phō̜, Phò, Phó̂

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

80010001200140016001800Wang Bo, b. 801Yang Pu, b. 900Wang Pu, b. 922Yang Pu, b. 1372Xu Pu, b. 1428Zhang Pu, b. 1602Pu Jiang, b. 1708
  • Wang Bob. 801not in their usual nameChancellor during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang
  • Yang Pub. 900not in their usual nameemperor of Wu
  • Wang Pub. 922CNnot in their usual nameChinese chancellor
  • Yang Pub. 1372not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 66746
  • Xu Pub. 1428not in their usual nameMing dynasty official
  • Zhang Pub. 1602CNnot in their usual nameMing dynasty scholar and prolific writer
  • Pu Jiangb. 1708CNnot in their usual nameChinese painter, served in the Grand Secretary of Eastern Cabinet (1708–1761)
  • Wang Punot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 212085
  • Wei Punot in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 351374
  • Hu Punot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 284516

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Phổ under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Phổ mean, and where does it come from?
to compose a score, arrange, or write lyrics to a song Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Phổ a male or female name?
Phổ is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Phổ have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Phổ, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pho.
Where is Phổ most common?
Phổ is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 250 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Phổ?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,333 people named Phổ in 2010, about 1 in 250 thousand residents.

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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, “Phổ”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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