So'o Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
American Samoa

So'o Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

So'o Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon341:610,85546,287
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
American Samoa251:2,230469
Samoa41:48,452659
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

So'o (56) may also be a first name.

So'o Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name So'o Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name So'o is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name So'o? popularity and diffusion

So'o is the 1,931,261st most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 61 percent of So'o live; 61 percent live in Oceania Islands and 31 percent live in Polynesia. So'o is also the 1,321,957th most widespread forename globally, borne by 56 people.

The last name So'o is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 610,855. In Cameroon So'o is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live, East Region, where 41 percent live and South Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and American Samoa, where 27 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
So'od8949/
So'ot8918/
Sou'o891/
So'oh891/
So'oa891/
Sou'ou8024/
Sho'od801/
So'uod801/
So'oud801/
Scho'o801/
Soho758,186/
Zo'o751,544/
Saoo751,158/
Sooh75282/
Souo75179/
Sa'o7552/
Suoo7528/
So'a7515/
Soeo754/
Sioo754/
Sooo753/
Sooa752/
Jo'o751/
Shou'ou731/
Sohou679,931/
Souop671,738/
Saood671,535/
Shoho67971/
Shaoo67619/
Sohoh67157/
Sohoi6775/
Sou'a6755/
Suood6734/
Soeoo6730/
Soiyo6728/
Sojio6719/
Souoh6716/
Soohy6715/
So'ad6714/
Saoot6713/
Sojjo6712/
Saeoo6711/
Sooad6710/
Sohoy6710/
Sogio679/
Sohoj678/
Souou678/
Shoeo677/
Siooh676/
Saooe675/
Sojho675/
Djo'o675/
Souod673/
Suoho673/
Soyio673/
Soijo672/
Sohop672/
Shouo672/
Sa'oi672/
Suouo672/
Soa'a671/
Saooh671/
Sa'od671/
Sooop671/
Siooo671/
Sooaa671/
Shuoo671/
Sohoa671/
Saoop671/
Sooos671/
Jsioo671/
Shooa671/
Sioos671/
Soyyo671/
Sooou671/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to So'o
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