 | This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. (July 2016) |
 Guo surname in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Guō (Mandarin Pinyin) Gwok3 (Cantonese Jyutping) Koeh / Keh (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
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| Language(s) | Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Derivation | State of Western Guo |
| Meaning | "outer city wall" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Kwok, Guok (Cantonese) Guo, Kuo (Mandarin) Kue, Koay, Kwek, Quek, Kwik (Hokkien) Kue, Koay, Quek (Teochew) Kuncoro, Kusuma, Kartono etc. (Indonesia) Kuoch (Khmer - Cambodian) Quách (Vietnamese) Kwak (Korean) Kaku (Japanese) |
| Derivative(s) | Quách, Kwak |
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"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese. It can also be transliterated as Cok, Gou, Quo, Quach, Quek, Que, Keh, Kuo, Kwo, Kuoch, Kok, Koc, Kwee, Kwek, Kwik, Kwok, Kuok, Kuek, Gock, Koay, or Ker. The Korean equivalent is spelled Kwak; the Vietnamese equivalent is Quách.
The different ways of spelling this surname indicate the origin of the family. For example, the Cantonese "Kwok" originated in Hong Kong and the surrounding area. In the Philippines, the spelling is "Que", "Ke", "Quepe", and "Kepa". In 2019, Guo was the 16th most common surname in mainland China.[2]
- ^ 熊正辉 (1995). 南昌方言词典. 江苏教育出版社. p. 289.
- ^ "新京报 - 好新闻，无止境".