The surname Seo
A Korean surname, carried by 7,033 people in the United States.
Pronounced /sʌ/ 2 syllables Soundex S000
Origin
Korean origin
From Korean 서(徐) (Seo). Cognate with English Xu (from Mandarin).
One of 42 Korean surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,033 people named Seo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,900 Americans. That is up 79% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,929.
Who is named Seo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Seo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Variant spellings
Surnames that sound like Seo
Seo has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.
Other Korean surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Seo come from?
- From Korean 서(徐) (Seo). Cognate with English Xu (from Mandarin).
- How common is the surname Seo?
- 7,033 people in the United States had the surname Seo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,900 Americans. It ranked 4,998th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Seo?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Seo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Seo?
- Seo is /sʌ/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Seo getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,033 in 2010, up 79%.
- What are other spellings of Seo?
- Suh.