How common is the surname Soe?

1,668 people in the United States had the surname Soe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,099 Americans. It ranked 17,033rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Soe getting more or less common?

More common. 415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,668 in 2010, up 302%.

The surname Soe

A Burmese surname, carried by 1,668 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Soe is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

Burmese origin

Borrowed from Burmese စိုး (cui:) and/or Teochew 蘇 /苏 (sou¹) or Hokkien 蘇 /苏 (So͘).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,668 people named Soe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,099 Americans. That is up 302% since 2000, when the Census counted 415.

#17,033

rank among US surnames

1,668

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+301.9%

change since 2000 (was #47,939)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,026	Kassa	1,669	184,988
#17,033	Burdge	1,668	185,099
#17,040	Peed	1,667	185,210

Who is named Soe

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

88% of people named Soe identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
White (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Two or more races 2.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, 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 Soe

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

Questions

Where does the surname Soe come from?: Borrowed from Burmese စိုး (cui:) and/or Teochew 蘇 /苏 (sou¹) or Hokkien 蘇 /苏 (So͘).
How common is the surname Soe?: 1,668 people in the United States had the surname Soe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,099 Americans. It ranked 17,033rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Soe?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Soe identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Soe getting more or less common?: More common. 415 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,668 in 2010, up 302%.