Hsu

Hsu is the 1,915th most common surname in the United States, shared by 18,414 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 16,200.

By the numbers

People: 18,414
Rank: 1,915th
How common: 1 in 16,200
Per 100,000: 6.2

Where the name comes from

Borrowed from cmn or cmn-wadegiles romanization: Hsü.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Hsu described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 92.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
White, not Hispanic 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino 0.9%
Black, not Hispanic 0.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.01%

Notable people called Hsu

Barbie Hsu (1976–2025)Taiwanese actress, singer and television presenter
Stephanie Hsu (born 1990)American actress
Vivian Hsu (born 1975)Taiwanese actress and singer
Dee Hsu (born 1978)Taiwanese host, actress, and singer
Beatrice Hsu (1978–2007)Taiwan actress
Greg Hsu (born 1990)Taiwanese actor and singer
Tiffany Hsu (born 1984)Taiwanese actress and model

People named Hsu with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.