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 in South Korea more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Šon, Són or Šón. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The surname Son is the 600^th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 8,057 people. The last name Son occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Son reside; 76 percent reside in East Asia and 76 percent reside in Koreanic Asia. Son is also the 800^th most frequent first name internationally, held by 1,082,641 people.

This last name is most commonly used in South Korea, where it is borne by 497,980 people, or 1 in 103. In South Korea Son is mostly found in: Gyeonggi Province, where 19 percent reside, Seoul, where 17 percent reside and Busan, where 12 percent reside. Not including South Korea this surname occurs in 162 countries. It also occurs in North Korea, where 21 percent reside and Vietnam, where 11 percent reside.

Son Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Son has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 2,485 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 9,433 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Son Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Son surname is principally 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 Son are 0.090000000000003% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US 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.