Kou (name)

Kòu (寇) is a Chinese surname. It originates as a title denoting status as a police officer, and is a shortened for of Sikou (司寇).[1] A 2013 study found it was the 240th most common surname, shared by 380,000 people or 0.029% of the population, with the province with the most people being Henan.

Kou may refer to:

People with Ko/Kou/Kow as the given name
  • Kou Abhay (ກຸ ອະໄພ, 1892–1964), Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos
  • Ko Arima (有馬 洪, born 1917), Japanese former football player
  • Kou Fumizuki (文月 晃), Japanese manga artist
  • Kou Gotou (後藤 航, born 1996), Japanese footballer
  • Kō Kojima (小島 功, 1928 – 2015), Japanese manga artist
  • Kou Luogon (born 1984), Liberian athlete
  • Kō Machida (町田 康, born 1962), Japanese author, punk rock singer, poet and actor
  • Kow Otani (大谷 幸, born 1957), Japanese music composer
  • Ko Shibasaki (柴咲 コウ, born 1981), Japanese actress and singer
  • Kou Voravong (ກຸ ວໍຣະວົງ, 1914–1954), Laotian politician
  • Kou Yaginuma (柳沼 行, born 1973), Japanese manga artist

People with Kou as the surname
  • Kou Roun (fl. 1960s), Cambodian minister for national security
  • Johanna Kou (born 1975), New Caledonian badminton player
  • Kou Nai-han (顧乃涵; Gù Nǎihán, born 1982), Taiwanese volleyball player
  • Kou Gotou (後藤航, born 1996), Japanese footballer
  • Kou Lei (Коу Лей, born 1987), Ukrainian table tennis player of Chinese origin
  • Kou Qianzhi (寇謙之, 365–448), Taoist reformer
  • Kou Tie (寇铁, born 1950), Chinese major general
  • Kou Yingjie (寇英杰, 1880?-?), Chinese military leader
  • Kou Zhun (寇準, 961–1023), chancellor during Emperor Zhenzong's reign
  • Kou Zhichao (born 1989), Chinese volleyball player

Fictional characters

See also

References
  1. Chao, Sheau-yueh J., 尋根溯源中國人的姓氏: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames
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