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    The surname Soon

    A Chinese surname, carried by 750 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

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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). Soon is more common than 80.9% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Borrowed from Chinese 孫／孙 (Mandarin: Sūn, Cantonese: syun¹, Hokkien: Sun), also spelled as Sun.

    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 750 people named Soon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 411,661 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 706.

    #30,980
    rank among US surnames
    750
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #31,085)

    Who is named Soon

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

    68% of people named Soon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as two or more races and 7.9% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 68%
    • Two or more races 17%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    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 Soon

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

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Soon come from?
    Borrowed from Chinese 孫／孙 (Mandarin: Sūn, Cantonese: syun¹, Hokkien: Sun), also spelled as Sun.
    How common is the surname Soon?
    750 people in the United States had the surname Soon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 411,661 Americans. It ranked 30,980th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Soon?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Soon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Soon getting more or less common?
    More common. 706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 750 in 2010, up 6.2%.