Kudo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 工藤 (Kudō).

Proper noun

Kudo (plural Kudos)

1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kudo is the 41359^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Kudo is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (81.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kudo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 361.