So Surname
Approximately 1,141,441 people bear this surname
So Surname User-submission:
This is the Hokkien and Cantonese translation of the Mandarin surname Su. The surname originated from the place name Su. A descendant of the emperor Zhuan Xu, who lived in the 26th century BC, was granted a fiefdom called Su, and his descendants eventually adopted the place name as their surname.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 816,565 | 1:63 | 15 |
| North Korea | 106,575 | 1:236 | 41 |
| Hong Kong | 77,390 | 1:95 | 27 |
| Cambodia | 50,844 | 1:305 | 54 |
| Japan | 9,820 | 1:13,019 | 1,660 |
| Vietnam | 8,867 | 1:10,448 | 282 |
| United States | 8,736 | 1:41,490 | 5,091 |
| Philippines | 7,618 | 1:13,289 | 1,393 |
| Egypt | 7,383 | 1:12,452 | 1,484 |
| India | 4,927 | 1:155,686 | 9,755 |
| Myanmar | 4,709 | 1:11,030 | 301 |
| Canada | 3,659 | 1:10,070 | 1,502 |
| Senegal | 3,375 | 1:4,320 | 244 |
| Taiwan | 3,333 | 1:7,034 | 148 |
| Singapore | 3,193 | 1:1,725 | 192 |
| Malaysia | 3,028 | 1:9,740 | 1,109 |
| Macau | 2,926 | 1:206 | 52 |
| Burkina Faso | 2,580 | 1:7,113 | 735 |
| Portugal | 1,604 | 1:6,495 | 625 |
| Thailand | 1,478 | 1:47,793 | 5,538 |
| Australia | 1,328 | 1:20,328 | 2,817 |
| Indonesia | 1,053 | 1:125,593 | 12,643 |
| Papua New Guinea | 874 | 1:9,329 | 754 |
| Brazil | 846 | 1:253,043 | 9,751 |
| France | 790 | 1:84,079 | 11,948 |
| Morocco | 784 | 1:43,975 | 7,155 |
| United Arab Emirates | 738 | 1:12,415 | 1,540 |
| Pakistan | 704 | 1:253,756 | 5,694 |
| England | 652 | 1:85,457 | 9,364 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| China | 537 | 1:2,546,223 | 374 |
| Russia | 461 | 1:312,631 | 31,716 |
| Nigeria | 407 | 1:435,240 | 22,419 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| New Zealand | 198 | 1:22,870 | 4,013 |
| Iran | 148 | 1:518,801 | 30,373 |
| Ivory Coast | 134 | 1:172,173 | 7,731 |
| Mexico | 123 | 1:1,009,156 | 13,192 |
| Cameroon | 112 | 1:185,438 | 19,429 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Germany | 94 | 1:856,441 | 61,781 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Netherlands | 86 | 1:196,363 | 27,376 |
| Qatar | 81 | 1:29,111 | 3,031 |
| South Africa | 76 | 1:712,865 | 50,752 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Kazakhstan | 74 | 1:238,953 | 21,276 |
| Spain | 72 | 1:649,334 | 29,324 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Belgium | 59 | 1:194,858 | 25,672 |
| Mauritius | 59 | 1:21,922 | 4,402 |
| Mongolia | 52 | 1:54,332 | 4,427 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 49 | 1:35,266 | 58 |
| Scotland | 39 | 1:137,277 | 8,372 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| Afghanistan | 27 | 1:1,190,859 | 10,584 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Algeria | 24 | 1:1,609,648 | 43,157 |
| Belarus | 18 | 1:527,837 | 48,523 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Honduras | 16 | 1:551,028 | 3,526 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Ukraine | 12 | 1:3,793,558 | 197,857 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| Armenia | 10 | 1:293,018 | 6,863 |
| Syria | 10 | 1:1,930,102 | 9,170 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Chile | 8 | 1:2,202,059 | 30,910 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Só (306), Sô (10) & Sò (2) are calculated separately.
So (76,239) may also be a first name.
So Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This is the Hokkien and Cantonese translation of the Mandarin surname Su. The surname originated from the place name Su. A descendant of the emperor Zhuan Xu, who lived in the 26th century BC, was granted a fiefdom called Su, and his descendants eventually adopted the place name as their surname. Chinese: from part of an official title, Zhisu Duwei, of the Western Han dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD).
- kylelsaw1So Demographics
Average So Salary in
United States
$50,502 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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So Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name So Come From? nationality or country of origin
So (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮ, Hindi: सो, Marathi: सो, Oriya: େସା, Russian: Со, Tibetan: སོ་) is carried by more people in South Korea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered 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 last name So is the 459th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 6,385 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of So are found; 89 percent are found in East Asia and 81 percent are found in Koreanic Asia. So is also the 12,892nd most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 76,239 people.
The last name is most common in South Korea, where it is carried by 816,565 people, or 1 in 63. In South Korea So is primarily concentrated in: Gyeonggi Province, where 21 percent live, Seoul, where 19 percent live and Busan, where 9 percent live. Beside South Korea this last name exists in 159 countries. It is also found in North Korea, where 9 percent live and Hong Kong, where 7 percent live.
So Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of So has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the So last name grew 41,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
So Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name 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 national average, with 64.83% being registered with the 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Só | 83 | 306 | / |
| Sô | 83 | 10 | / |
| Sò | 83 | 2 | / |
| Suo | 80 | 177,719 | / |
| Soy | 80 | 92,153 | / |
| Soh | 80 | 50,750 | / |
| Soo | 80 | 44,433 | / |
| Soa | 80 | 37,917 | / |
| Sos | 80 | 21,453 | / |
| Soi | 80 | 18,566 | / |
| Sho | 80 | 15,498 | / |
| Sio | 80 | 15,200 | / |
| Sou | 80 | 13,818 | / |
| Sop | 80 | 8,021 | / |
| Sot | 80 | 6,602 | / |
| Sod | 80 | 938 | / |
| Soj | 80 | 911 | / |
| Sjo | 80 | 439 | / |
| Sco | 80 | 329 | / |
| Soz | 80 | 282 | / |
| Hso | 80 | 280 | / |
| Szo | 80 | 70 | / |
| Sgo | 80 | 23 | / |
| Soï | 80 | 19 | / |
| Sso | 80 | 10 | / |
| Jso | 80 | 7 | / |
| Xso | 80 | 6 | / |
| Soá | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sođ | 80 | 5 | / |
| Sxo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Soß | 80 | 3 | / |
| Zso | 80 | 3 | / |
| Soć | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ûso | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soî | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soč | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soš | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sìo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sood | 67 | 52,360 | / |
| Suos | 67 | 24,681 | / |
| Ssos | 67 | 16,325 | / |
| Shoo | 67 | 16,174 | / |
| Soud | 67 | 15,405 | / |
| Shou | 67 | 6,260 | / |
| Soos | 67 | 5,729 | / |
| Sous | 67 | 4,143 | / |
| Shoa | 67 | 2,666 | / |
| Sopp | 67 | 2,661 | / |
| Soit | 67 | 2,233 | / |
| Soch | 67 | 2,163 | / |
| Sioe | 67 | 1,984 | / |
| Sohu | 67 | 1,954 | / |
| Shot | 67 | 1,368 | / |
| Sott | 67 | 1,241 | / |
| Souh | 67 | 1,144 | / |
| Sots | 67 | 1,031 | / |
| Sooy | 67 | 986 | / |
| Shop | 67 | 768 | / |
| Soss | 67 | 695 | / |
| Sost | 67 | 666 | / |
| Shoy | 67 | 643 | / |
| Sout | 67 | 608 | / |
| Soph | 67 | 593 | / |
| Sioa | 67 | 583 | / |
| Siot | 67 | 554 | / |
| Soot | 67 | 518 | / |
| Sosh | 67 | 491 | / |
| Sohy | 67 | 464 | / |
| Soup | 67 | 444 | / |
| Soid | 67 | 440 | / |
| Suot | 67 | 438 | / |
| Shuo | 67 | 400 | / |
| Shoh | 67 | 387 | / |
| Soop | 67 | 343 | / |
| Scho | 67 | 331 | / |
| Souz | 67 | 316 | / |
| Shoi | 67 | 243 | / |
| Sois | 67 | 223 | / |
| Sodd | 67 | 188 | / |
| Sodt | 67 | 173 | / |
| Sios | 67 | 170 | / |
| Zsoy | 67 | 136 | / |
| Siop | 67 | 133 | / |
| Suod | 67 | 123 | / |
| Soip | 67 | 122 | / |
| Soux | 67 | 121 | / |
| Szoć | 67 | 110 | / |
| Sojč | 67 | 109 | / |
| Shod | 67 | 96 | / |
| Sodh | 67 | 96 | / |
| Szoo | 67 | 67 | / |
| Shho | 67 | 60 | / |
| Shos | 67 | 56 | / |
| Soih | 67 | 46 | / |
| Szop | 67 | 37 | / |
| Soić | 67 | 37 | / |
| Sjoo | 67 | 34 | / |
| Hsoh | 67 | 29 | / |
| Szos | 67 | 24 | / |
| Shoj | 67 | 24 | / |
| Sooz | 67 | 21 | / |
| Scoy | 67 | 20 | / |
| Hsio | 67 | 20 | / |
| Sopf | 67 | 20 | / |
| Sooß | 67 | 19 | / |
| Srzo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Suoy | 67 | 17 | / |
| Shoz | 67 | 16 | / |
| So'a | 67 | 15 | / |
| Hsho | 67 | 14 | / |
| Souš | 67 | 14 | / |
| Siod | 67 | 12 | / |
| Soiz | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ssoi | 67 | 10 | / |
| So'e | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sioy | 67 | 8 | / |
| Souś | 67 | 6 | / |
| Szoi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sosz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Soyt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Jsou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sojh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hsso | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soij | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ssou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sods | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soyd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sgou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sohz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Xsso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hsoa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Scoo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sooe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ssho | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jsho | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sgoi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sodz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hsoy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Soiy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sosd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jsso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sohj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suop | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sotp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suoe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sooa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sooš | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jsoo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Szoj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ssuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Szjo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zszo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Scoj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hsoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sgoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soyh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sooj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sojś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sgio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sioj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soïa | 67 | 1 | / |
| S'Oh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sdjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Såṧo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sozp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rzso | 67 | 1 | / |
| S'Oo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sojs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sgoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sgoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sgoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| So'd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sjuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soyz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sozz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sosj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sotd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sxjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sxoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sxoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssxo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zjso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xzso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xsio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xsou | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'So | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsxo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hszo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hxso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hzso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hjso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szzo | 67 | 0 | / |
So Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| So in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮ | sw | - |
| So in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་ | so | - |
| So in the Oriya language | ||
| େସା | esa | - |
| So in the Hindi language | ||
| सो | so | 99.84 |
| सो॰ | so | 0.16 |
| So in the Marathi language | ||
| सो | so | 88.69 |
| सॉ | so | 8.44 |
| सॊ | so | 0.96 |
| शो | so | 0.16 |
| So in the Russian language | ||
| Со | so | - |
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