The surname Sao
A surname, carried by 1,489 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S000
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,489 people named Sao in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,159.
#18,529
rank among US surnames
1,489
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+28.5%
change since 2000 (was #21,113)
Who is named Sao
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
82% of people named Sao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.4% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 82%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
- Two or more races 5.4%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Sao has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Sao?
- 1,489 people in the United States had the surname Sao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. It ranked 18,529th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sao?
- In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Sao identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Sao getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,489 in 2010, up 29%.