The surname Sun
A surname, carried by 24,058 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S500
Origin
From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 24,058 people named Sun in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,833 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,962.
Who is named Sun
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Sun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Famous Suns
7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Sun Tzu6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist, -543–-495
- Lady Sun3rd century Chinese noble lady. CBDB = 135352
- Sun Luban3rd century Eastern Wu imperial princess, born 250
- Sun QingmeiAssociation football player, born 1966
- Sun Cheng2nd-century Han dynasty eunuch and senior official, 100–132
- Sun Huan3rd century state of Eastern Wu general, 200–300
- Sun JunAssist coach of the Chinese national basketball team, born 1969
Notable Suns come mostly from the People's Republic of China (2), Wu (1) and Shu Han (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Sun 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 Sun come from?
- From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.
- How common is the surname Sun?
- 24,058 people in the United States had the surname Sun in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,833 Americans. It ranked 1,484th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sun?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sun identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Sun?
- Sun Tzu, 6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist, followed by Lady Sun.
- Where is the surname Sun most common?
- Wikidata records people named Sun in the People's Republic of China, Wu and Shu Han and 2 other countries.
- Is the surname Sun getting more or less common?
- More common. 14,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,058 in 2010, up 61%.