How common is the surname Seto?

2,814 people in the United States had the surname Seto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,718 Americans. It ranked 11,229th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Seto getting more or less common?

More common. 2,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,814 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Seto

A Chinese surname, carried by 2,814 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seto is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

Borrowed from Cantonese 司徒 (si1 tou4).

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,814 people named Seto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,718 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,526.

#11,229

rank among US surnames

2,814

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+11.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,444)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,225	Wolfgang	2,817	109,601
#11,226	Rohrbach	2,816	109,640
#11,228	Killinger	2,815	109,679
#11,229	Berthiaume	2,814	109,718
#11,236	Walkup	2,813	109,757

Who is named Seto

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

76% of people named Seto identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.6% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
White (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seto

Seto has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Seto come from?: Borrowed from Cantonese 司徒 (si1 tou4).
How common is the surname Seto?: 2,814 people in the United States had the surname Seto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,718 Americans. It ranked 11,229th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seto?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Seto identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Seto getting more or less common?: More common. 2,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,814 in 2010, up 11%.