Từ

Name: Từ: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: from, since

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries

Từ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country, where it is the 37th most common given name.

rarermore common

VNVietnam≈1 in 312(inferred from the name graph)
USUnited States1 in 51K
SESweden1 in 33K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 188 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 312 (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Tu in VN Vietnam, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 5 more.

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

from, since

Cited for this meaning 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Từ 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 Từ is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
VN Vietnam	#37	≈320,000 est.	≈1 in 312	listed	Tu	188
US United States	—	6,480	1 in 51K	11K	Tu	167
ID Indonesia	—	≈3,800 est.	≈1 in 69K	—	Tu	65
PK Pakistan	—	≈1,000 est.	≈1 in 234K	—	Tu	12
GB United Kingdom	—	≈820 est.	≈1 in 80K	—	Tu	39
MY Malaysia	—	≈730 est.	≈1 in 45K	—	Tu	26
SE Sweden	—	311	1 in 33K	311	Tu	17
SG Singapore	—	≈170 est.	≈1 in 37K	—	Tu	19
IS Iceland	—	8	1 in 44K	8	—	—

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: the vn-kaggle-given register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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

Từ is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

a separate given name38 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia, China
Also written Tu, Tú, Tử, Tứ, Ťù
English given name58 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany
Languages: English, German, Dutch
Also written Tu, Tue, Tú, Tü, Tuee
Hindi given name24 spellings in the group
Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Malaysia
Languages: Hindi, Urdu
Also written Tu, Tù, Tú, Tū, Tü
Greek given name13 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Greece, Cyprus, United States
Also written Του, Tou, Tu, Tú, Tự
Danish given name21 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway
Languages: Danish, Norwegian
Also written Tu, Tú, Tů, Tủ, Tử
Spanish given name27 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Chile
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Tu, Tú, Tù, Tü, Tứ

29 further groups 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.

Other recorded senses

Từ is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In Vietnamese, Hán-Việt: từ hòa, nhân từ.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam

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.

Notable people with this name

Xu Guangqib. 1562CNnot in their usual namelate-Ming-dynasty Chinese politician, Scholar, Lay Catholic leader and Servant of God (*1562 – †1633)
Xu Shichangb. 1855CNnot in their usual namePresident of the Republic of China (1855–1939)
Frank Shub. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronomer (1943–2023)
Xu Genbaob. 1944CNnot in their usual nameChinese football manager (1944-)
Norman Chuib. 1950CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor (1950-2024)
Tsui Harkb. 1951VNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer
Xu Jingleib. 1974CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress and film director
Vivian Hsub. 1975TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress and singer
Barbie Hsub. 1976TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress, singer and television presenter (1976–2025)
Dee Hsub. 1978TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese host, actress, and singer

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

4 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Từ
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
VN Vietnam	Vietnamese given names (Kaggle)	—	—	—

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Từ mean, and where does it come from?: from, since Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Từ have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 316 thousand people named Từ in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tu.
How common is the name Từ?: In the United States, the national register counted 6,480 people named Từ in 2020, about 1 in 51 thousand residents.
How common is Từ compared with other names?: In Vietnam, Từ is the 37th most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.

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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 2026-10-13 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, “Từ” — the 37th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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