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.
- Forebears.ioSzeto Demographics
Average Male Szeto Height
172.03 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Szeto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Szeto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Szeto is held by more people in Hong Kong than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Szeto? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 28,326th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 384,243 people. This last name is mostly found 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 frequent first name globally, held by 77 people.
Szeto is most commonly used in Hong Kong, where it is carried by 12,102 people, or 1 in 606. Barring Hong Kong this surname exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.
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% registered with 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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