S Surname
Approximately 12,076 people bear this surname
S Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 4,263 | 1:5,500 | 128 |
| Brazil | 1,520 | 1:140,838 | 5,380 |
| Egypt | 1,403 | 1:65,528 | 6,121 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,102 | 1:9,467 | 799 |
| Syria | 701 | 1:27,534 | 1,857 |
| Iraq | 650 | 1:53,879 | 2,073 |
| Puerto Rico | 549 | 1:6,467 | 398 |
| Iran | 548 | 1:140,114 | 12,580 |
| Lebanon | 516 | 1:10,925 | 1,610 |
| Canada | 199 | 1:185,154 | 18,322 |
| China | 157 | 1:8,709,055 | 578 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 122 | 1:1,454 | 195 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Haiti | 54 | 1:197,850 | 7,674 |
| Liberia | 43 | 1:102,524 | 8,134 |
| Algeria | 41 | 1:942,233 | 41,984 |
| Yemen | 38 | 1:695,402 | 11,077 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Hungary | 11 | 1:892,389 | 45,166 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
S (16,178) may also be a first name.
S Demographics
S Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
S Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name S Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname S (Russian: Сь) is carried by more people in Taiwan than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name S? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 43,104th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 603,473 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 58 percent of S live; 37 percent live in East Asia and 37 percent live in Sino-East Asia. S is also the 44,094th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 16,178 people.
The surname is most widespread in Taiwan, where it is held by 4,263 people, or 1 in 5,500. In Taiwan S is mostly found in: Taoyuan City, where 32 percent live, New Taipei City, where 18 percent live and Changhua County, where 8 percent live. Apart from Taiwan this last name exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent live and Egypt, where 12 percent live.
S Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the S last name is chiefly Sunni (99%) in Lebanon.
S earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 12.23% more than the national average, earning $55,760 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
S Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| S in the Russian language | ||
| Сь | s | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to S
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