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
Average S Salary in
Canada
$55,760 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
S Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name S Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name S (Russian: Сь) is found in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name S? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 43,104th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 603,473 people. The last name S occurs mostly in Asia, where 58 percent of S are found; 37 percent are found in East Asia and 37 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. S is also the 44,094th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 16,178 people.
S is most commonly held in Taiwan, where it is held by 4,263 people, or 1 in 5,500. In Taiwan S is most frequent in: Taoyuan City, where 32 percent live, New Taipei City, where 18 percent live and Changhua County, where 8 percent live. Barring Taiwan it occurs in 37 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent live and Egypt, where 12 percent live.
S Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the S last name is predominantly 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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