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    The surname So

    A Chinese surname, carried by 7,456 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /soʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex S000

    So: #4,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer So #4,749, 7,456 people So: #4,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez So #4,749, 7,456 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). So is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    From Cantonese 蘇／苏 (sou1).

    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 7,456 people named So in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,409 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,227.

    #4,749
    rank among US surnames
    7,456
    people in 2010
    2.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,166)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,740Manzanares7,48041,276
    #4,741Palomo7,47841,287
    #4,742Usher7,47741,293
    #4,743Jablonski7,46941,337
    #4,744Hecht7,46641,354
    #4,745Freund7,46541,359
    #4,746Piatt7,46341,370

    Who is named So

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

    93% of people named So identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like So

    So has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname So come from?
    From Cantonese 蘇／苏 (sou1).
    How common is the surname So?
    7,456 people in the United States had the surname So in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,409 Americans. It ranked 4,749th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname So?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named So identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce So?
    So is /soʊ/, one syllable.
    Is the surname So getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,456 in 2010, up 20%.