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    The surname Soo

    A surname, carried by 1,117 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Soo is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,117 people named Soo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

    #22,906
    rank among US surnames
    1,117
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,143)

    Who is named Soo

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

    80% of people named Soo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.8% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Two or more races 7.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    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.

    Famous Soos

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Phillipa Soo
      American actress, born 1990
    • Jack Soo
      American actor (1917-1979)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Soo

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Soo?
    1,117 people in the United States had the surname Soo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. It ranked 22,906th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Soo?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Soo identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Soo?
    Phillipa Soo, American actress, followed by Jack Soo.
    Where is the surname Soo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Soo in the United States.
    Is the surname Soo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,117 in 2010, up 2.6%.