The surname Suy
A Khmer surname, carried by 518 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S000
Origin
Khmer origin
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Khmer ស៊ុយ (suy), a surname typically found in Cambodia, ultimately deriving from Chinese 隋 (suí). * Borrowed from Catalan Suy, a surname of unknown origin. This surname is predominantly found in Guatemala.
One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 518 people named Suy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 352.
Who is named Suy
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
71% of people named Suy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 71%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
- Two or more races 1.4%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Suy has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.
Other Khmer surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Suy come from?
- Two main origins: * Borrowed from Khmer ស៊ុយ (suy), a surname typically found in Cambodia, ultimately deriving from Chinese 隋 (suí). * Borrowed from Catalan Suy, a surname of unknown origin. This surname is predominantly found in Guatemala.
- How common is the surname Suy?
- 518 people in the United States had the surname Suy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 596,034 Americans. It ranked 41,959th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Suy?
- In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Suy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 25% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Suy getting more or less common?
- More common. 352 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 518 in 2010, up 47%.