Surname Overview
Surname Status and Ethnic Groups
The page lists “科” (kē) as a currently uncommon surname and explicitly states that the surname occurs among the Han, Yi, and Jingpo ethnic groups.
科 Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 43Migration and Distribution
Geographic Distribution
The source lists Taiyuan and Yuncheng in Shanxi, Hancheng in Shaanxi, Jiuquan in Gansu, Laohekou in Hubei, Shanghang in Fujian, and Longchuan in Yunnan.
Additional Distribution Records
The page additionally lists Beijing; Neihuang in Henan; Daxin in Guangxi; Zhenxiong in Yunnan; Linze in Gansu; Datong in Qinghai; Hebei; and Taipei and Taoyuan in Taiwan as places where the surname occurs.
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