Szeto Surname
Approximately 18,966 people bear this surname
Szeto Surname User-submission:
A variant Cantonese spelling of the Chinese name Situ, a titular name referring to an administrative official in feudal China.
Szeto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 12,102 | 1:606 | 88 |
| United States | 3,741 | 1:96,888 | 10,809 |
| Canada | 1,533 | 1:24,035 | 3,268 |
| Singapore | 787 | 1:6,998 | 417 |
| Macau | 234 | 1:2,571 | 249 |
| Australia | 196 | 1:137,733 | 14,860 |
| England | 96 | 1:580,396 | 35,131 |
| New Zealand | 69 | 1:65,628 | 10,016 |
| China | 66 | 1:20,716,993 | 1,140 |
| Thailand | 30 | 1:2,354,612 | 261,046 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Szeto (77) may also be a first name.
Szeto Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A variant Cantonese spelling of the Chinese name Situ, a titular name referring to an administrative official in feudal China.
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Average Szeto Salary in
United States
$52,369 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Szeto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Szeto Come From? nationality or country of origin
Szeto is found in Hong Kong more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Szeto click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Szeto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Szeto is the 28,326th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 384,243 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Szeto live; 65 percent live in East Asia and 65 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Szeto is also the 1,100,117th most common given name throughout the world, held by 77 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Hong Kong, where it is borne by 12,102 people, or 1 in 606. Excluding Hong Kong this last name exists in 33 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.
Szeto Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Szeto surname are 27.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Szeto earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 52.35% less than the national average, earning 164,902 kr per year; in United States they earn 21.37% more than the national average, earning $52,369 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.35% more than the national average, earning $59,794 CAD per year.
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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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