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Where Does The Last Name So Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name So (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ, Hindi: सो, Marathi: सो, Oriya: େସା, Russian: Со, Tibetan: སོ་) occurs in South Korea more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Só, Sô or Sò. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name So? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname So is the 459^th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 6,385 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of So live; 89 percent live in East Asia and 81 percent live in Koreanic Asia. So is also the 12,892^nd most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 76,239 people.

So is most frequently held in South Korea, where it is borne by 816,565 people, or 1 in 63. In South Korea So is primarily concentrated in: Gyeonggi Province, where 21 percent are found, Seoul, where 19 percent are found and Busan, where 9 percent are found. Outside of South Korea this last name is found in 159 countries. It is also found in North Korea, where 9 percent are found and Hong Kong, where 7 percent are found.

So Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of So has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the So surname grew 41,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

So Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States So are 11.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.83% registered with the political party.

The amount So earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 39.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,750 per year; in South Africa they earn 61.82% more than the national average, earning R 384,540 per year; in United States they earn 17.04% more than the national average, earning $50,502 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.59% more than the national average, earning $58,421 CAD per year.