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

The last name Son (Arabic: صهون, Bengali: সোন, Georgian: სონ, Hindi: सोन, Marathi: सोन, Oriya: େସାନ, Russian: Сон, Tibetan: སོན་) is found most in South Korea. It may also appear in the variant forms: Šon, Són or Šón. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 600^th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,057 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Son live; 76 percent live in East Asia and 76 percent live in Koreanic Asia. Son is also the 800^th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 1,082,641 people.

The last name is most widely held in South Korea, where it is borne by 497,980 people, or 1 in 103. In South Korea it is most common in: Gyeonggi Province, where 19 percent reside, Seoul, where 17 percent reside and Busan, where 12 percent reside. Other than South Korea this surname occurs in 162 countries. It is also common in North Korea, where 21 percent reside and Vietnam, where 11 percent reside.

Son Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Son has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,485 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 9,433 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Son Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Orthodox (68%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (89%) in Nigeria, Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine and Orthodox (57%) in Uzbekistan.

In The United States those holding the Son surname are 0.090000000000003% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.32% registered with the party.

The amount Son earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.8% more than the national average, earning 355,783 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 83.46% more than the national average, earning R 435,960 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.97% less than the national average, earning $20,666,400 COP per year; in Vietnam they earn 36.74% less than the national average, earning 52,151,700 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 9.23% more than the national average, earning $47,131 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.66% more than the national average, earning $56,470 CAD per year.