How common is the surname Son?

10,094 people in the United States had the surname Son in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,587 Americans. It ranked 3,541st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Son getting more or less common?

More common. 7,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,094 in 2010, up 29%.

The surname Son

A surname, carried by 10,094 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Son is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

As a surname, from: *Korean 손 (son) *Khmer ស៊ន (sɔɔn) or Khmer សឺន (səɨn)

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,094 people named Son in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,587 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,843.

#3,541

rank among US surnames

10,094

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+28.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,189)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,532	Tafoya	10,114	30,527
#3,533	Pfeifer	10,109	30,542
#3,534	Boudreau	10,103	30,560
#3,535	Mattox	10,099	30,572
#3,538	Box	10,098	30,575
#3,539	Montez	10,097	30,578
#3,540	Martens	10,096	30,581

Who is named Son

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

83% of people named Son identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 83%
White (not Hispanic) 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Son

Son has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

Where does the surname Son come from?: As a surname, from: *Korean 손 (son) *Khmer ស៊ន (sɔɔn) or Khmer សឺន (səɨn)
How common is the surname Son?: 10,094 people in the United States had the surname Son in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,587 Americans. It ranked 3,541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Son?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Son identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Son getting more or less common?: More common. 7,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,094 in 2010, up 29%.