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Khoo Surname Meaning

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 古, 顧, and 辜. See Gu. 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. Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surname 許. The dialects using this pronunciation are found in Fujian and Taiwan, 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


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