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Khoo Name Meaning

Chinese:: variant Romanization of the surnames 古 顧 and 辜. See Gu 1- Teochew Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surnames 邱 and 丘. The dialects using this pronunciation are found in eastern Guangdong Fujian and Taiwan from where many people migrated to Singapore Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia. See Qiu 1 and Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surname 許. The dialects using this pronunciation are found in Fujian and Taiwan from where from where many people migrated to Singapore Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia. See Xu variant Romanization of the surname 高 see Gao variant Romanization of the surname 柯 see Ke variant Romanization of the surname 符 see Fu

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Kho, Choo, Koo, Chou, Cho, Chao, Ho, Koh, Hoo, Kwok

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