Soon Surname
Approximately 29,132 people bear this surname
Soon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 15,864 | 1:1,859 | 282 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,465 | 1:12,518 | 1,726 |
| Singapore | 2,431 | 1:2,266 | 222 |
| Philippines | 1,522 | 1:66,517 | 11,359 |
| United States | 1,197 | 1:302,806 | 27,874 |
| Brunei | 949 | 1:441 | 79 |
| Thailand | 587 | 1:120,338 | 18,027 |
| Canada | 492 | 1:74,889 | 8,461 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| Australia | 414 | 1:65,207 | 7,802 |
| Samoa | 284 | 1:682 | 204 |
| Estonia | 265 | 1:4,988 | 511 |
| United Arab Emirates | 245 | 1:37,397 | 3,942 |
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| Pakistan | 163 | 1:1,095,975 | 13,667 |
| England | 142 | 1:392,381 | 27,229 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Qatar | 125 | 1:18,864 | 2,013 |
| New Zealand | 114 | 1:39,722 | 6,688 |
| Finland | 108 | 1:50,895 | 6,123 |
| China | 106 | 1:12,899,260 | 779 |
| India | 91 | 1:8,429,290 | 174,159 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Russia | 75 | 1:1,921,641 | 121,498 |
| Mexico | 74 | 1:1,677,381 | 17,205 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73 | 1:111,695 | 15,161 |
| South Korea | 72 | 1:711,670 | 277 |
| Indonesia | 46 | 1:2,874,982 | 163,265 |
| Germany | 37 | 1:2,175,823 | 115,720 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 17 | 1:80,234 | 5,870 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Japan | 13 | 1:9,834,176 | 45,186 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Vietnam | 9 | 1:10,294,006 | 2,767 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 89 | 1:564,255 | 38,527 |
Soon (72,714) may also be a first name.
Soon Demographics
Average Soon Salary in
United States
$45,756 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Soon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soon (Hindi: सोन, Russian: Соон, Tibetan: སོན་) is borne by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 18,914th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 250,156 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Soon reside; 73 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 58 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 13,446th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 72,714 people.
This surname is most frequent in Malaysia, where it is held by 15,864 people, or 1 in 1,859. In Malaysia Soon is mostly found in: Selangor, where 26 percent live, Penang, where 14 percent live and Sabah, where 11 percent live. Other than Malaysia this last name is found in 100 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent live and Singapore, where 8 percent live.
Soon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Soon has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,345 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 4,733 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Soon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Soon surname are 21.57% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 74.8% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Soon earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.04% more than the national average, earning $45,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.6% more than the national average, earning $56,937 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soong | 89 | 7,796 | / |
| Scoon | 89 | 620 | / |
| Shoon | 89 | 320 | / |
| Soone | 89 | 268 | / |
| Soond | 89 | 33 | / |
| Soont | 89 | 14 | / |
| Soonh | 89 | 13 | / |
| Soomn | 89 | 3 | / |
| Hsoon | 89 | 3 | / |
| Soosn | 89 | 1 | / |
| Son | 86 | 904,535 | / |
| Schoon | 80 | 6,594 | / |
| Shoong | 80 | 41 | / |
| Sootin | 80 | 29 | / |
| Soosen | 80 | 11 | / |
| Seeoon | 80 | 8 | / |
| Soondh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Shoone | 80 | 2 | / |
| Soonhh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shoonk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sooten | 80 | 0 | / |
| Song | 75 | 11,305,728 | / |
| Sone | 75 | 95,207 | / |
| Coon | 75 | 23,278 | / |
| Sion | 75 | 19,670 | / |
| Sohn | 75 | 14,296 | / |
| Soen | 75 | 4,857 | / |
| Soom | 75 | 3,572 | / |
| Soin | 75 | 3,525 | / |
| Shon | 75 | 3,207 | / |
| Joon | 75 | 2,965 | / |
| Sonn | 75 | 2,022 | / |
| Soun | 75 | 1,650 | / |
| Zoon | 75 | 1,401 | / |
| Suon | 75 | 1,221 | / |
| Sond | 75 | 1,212 | / |
| Sonh | 75 | 974 | / |
| Soyn | 75 | 229 | / |
| Syon | 75 | 219 | / |
| Sont | 75 | 167 | / |
| Sson | 75 | 61 | / |
| Json | 75 | 43 | / |
| Zson | 75 | 14 | / |
| Scon | 75 | 11 | / |
| Szon | 75 | 10 | / |
| Hson | 75 | 7 | / |
| Sosn | 75 | 7 | / |
| Somn | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sgon | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sonq | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sojn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Soën | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soïn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sotn | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xoon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xson | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sooting | 73 | 38 | / |
| Shooten | 73 | 12 | / |
| Shoosen | 73 | 6 | / |
| Schoonn | 73 | 3 | / |
| Jschoon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sooteen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shoocin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shoongh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Soochin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shoosin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sooseng | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schoonk | 73 | 0 | / |
| Suong | 67 | 32,268 | / |
| Siong | 67 | 13,035 | / |
| Shone | 67 | 7,986 | / |
| Sonne | 67 | 7,385 | / |
| Schon | 67 | 6,074 | / |
| Choon | 67 | 4,708 | / |
| Sosin | 67 | 4,024 | / |
| Sione | 67 | 2,676 | / |
| Soung | 67 | 2,141 | / |
| Shoun | 67 | 2,048 | / |
| Soine | 67 | 1,368 | / |
| Sotin | 67 | 1,359 | / |
| Sound | 67 | 1,319 | / |
| Shong | 67 | 1,076 | / |
| Sondh | 67 | 1,074 | / |
| Sohun | 67 | 995 | / |
| Soune | 67 | 961 | / |
| Shoin | 67 | 934 | / |
| Shoen | 67 | 839 | / |
| Soten | 67 | 661 | / |
| Soehn | 67 | 378 | / |
| Sogne | 67 | 357 | / |
| Shonn | 67 | 283 | / |
| Szonn | 67 | 276 | / |
| Sosen | 67 | 274 | / |
| Songh | 67 | 256 | / |
| Joong | 67 | 225 | / |
| Socin | 67 | 224 | / |
| Soing | 67 | 202 | / |
| Sosyn | 67 | 191 | / |
| Joone | 67 | 137 | / |
| Somne | 67 | 131 | / |
| Sosne | 67 | 127 | / |
| Shoom | 67 | 109 | / |
| Sotyn | 67 | 95 | / |
| Szoen | 67 | 60 | / |
| Sjoen | 67 | 53 | / |
| Songg | 67 | 47 | / |
| Sootinck | 67 | 43 | / |
| Socen | 67 | 33 | / |
| Scion | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sonhe | 67 | 30 | / |
| Suone | 67 | 24 | / |
| Sotne | 67 | 22 | / |
| Shond | 67 | 21 | / |
| Sondt | 67 | 21 | / |
| Soinh | 67 | 21 | / |
| Sohnn | 67 | 20 | / |
| Sount | 67 | 16 | / |
| Jhoon | 67 | 15 | / |
| Szohn | 67 | 13 | / |
| Siomn | 67 | 11 | / |
| Soyne | 67 | 10 | / |
| Songc | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sjohn | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sconn | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sohyn | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shohn | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shonh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sjoun | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shuon | 67 | 6 | / |
| Soßen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shoyn | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sounn | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sonng | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sounq | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sosín | 67 | 5 | / |
| Xsion | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sosýn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shont | 67 | 3 | / |
| Suonh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sonnd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Soynn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Soint | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sounh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siont | 67 | 2 | / |
| Siosn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sgoun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shoosing | 67 | 2 | / |
| Somng | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hsoen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shooting | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coonn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dcoon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soinn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sojjn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soomt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shomn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Szonk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Joond | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsosn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zoone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zsonn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sioën | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Syoën | 67 | 1 | / |
| D'Son | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soomh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sionq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohtn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonnn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sonkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soodteen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sshon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coohn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Souhn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cooyn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hxson | 67 | 0 | / |
Soon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soon in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོན་ | sön | 50 |
| སུན་ | sün | 50 |
| Soon in the Hindi language | ||
| सोन | sona | 50 |
| सोऒनलाल | so'onalala | 25 |
| सोऒनुइाइ | so'onuia'i | 25 |
| Soon in the Russian language | ||
| Соон | soon | - |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Soon
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