Guo
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Guo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from a character that also means ‘kingdom’ or ‘state’.
- CNChina≈1 in 445(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 3.2K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 5.3K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 360 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 445 (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,100,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
from a character that also means ‘kingdom’ or ‘state’. Descendants of the founder of the state of Qi during the Warring States period (403221bc) adopted this character as their surname.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Guo 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | #742 | ≈3,100,000 est. | ≈1 in 445 | — | Guo | 114 |
| US United States | — | 12,048 | 1 in 28K | 21K | Guo | 360 |
| AU Australia | #437 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | 1 | Guo | 168 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 8.6K | — | Guo | 33 |
| HK Hong Kong | #340 | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Guo | 62 |
| SG Singapore | #453 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Guo | 89 |
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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Guo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from the name of a state of Guo that existed during the Xia dynasty (2205-1766 BC). Following defeat of this state, residents of the area adopted its name as their surname.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Asturian, interjection used to call cattle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Filipino, a Chinese surname from Mandarin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Chinese, nonstandard spelling of guō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zom, rain
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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(measured from records)
- Guo Shoujingb. 1231CNChinese astronomer and mathematician (1231–1316)
- Guo Moruob. 1892CNChinese writer (1892-1978)
- Beulah Quob. 1923USnot in their usual nameChinese-American actress and activist
- Terry Goub. 1950TWnot in their usual namefounder and former Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn
- Guo Jianmeib. 1961CNChinese lawyer and human rights activist
- Aaron Kwokb. 1965CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer and actor
- Guo Guangchangb. 1967CNChinese billionaire business magnate and investor
- Annabel Chongb. 1972SGnot in their usual nameSingaporean-American pornographic actress
- Derek Kwokb. 1976HKnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director and screenwriter
- Guo Jingjingb. 1981CNChinese female diver
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)
Attested in 54 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 21K | #1,700 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 12K | #2,975 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6.1K | #5,287 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Guo come from?
- from a character that also means ‘kingdom’ or ‘state’. Descendants of the founder of the state of Qi during the Warring States period (403221bc) adopted this character as their surname. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What does the name Guo mean?
- Recorded meaning: from a character that also means ‘kingdom’ or ‘state’.
- In which country does Guo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.1 million people named Guo in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled guo.
- How common is the name Guo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 12,048 people named Guo in 2010, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
- How common is Guo compared with other names?
- In China, Guo is the 742nd most common surname of 142,871 surnames recorded there.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/guoThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Guo” — the 742nd most common surname in China. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.