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    The surname Suen

    A surname, carried by 1,133 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

    Suen: #22,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Suen #22,646, 1,133 people Suen: #22,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Suen #22,646, 1,133 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Suen is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    From Cantonese 孫／孙 (syun1).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,133 people named Suen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,087.

    #22,646
    rank among US surnames
    1,133
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,174)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,637Prato1,134272,262
    #22,646DiVincenzo1,133272,503

    Who is named Suen

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

    91% of people named Suen identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    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 Suen

    Suen 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 Suen come from?
    From Cantonese 孫／孙 (syun1).
    How common is the surname Suen?
    1,133 people in the United States had the surname Suen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. It ranked 22,646th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Suen?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Suen identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Suen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,133 in 2010, up 4.2%.