# Sze (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sze/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,353 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,865 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 228,193 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (1,138 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /siː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 施 (si¹, IPA: /siː⁵⁵/). See also Szeto, which is from Cantonese 司徒 (si¹ tou⁴, IPA: /siː⁵⁵ tʰou̯²¹/).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sze in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 91% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sze in the United States.

## People named Sze

- Sarah Sze, American artist (born 1969)

## Similar surnames

Shaw, Shah, Shea, Seay, Su, Shi, Shay, See, So, Suh, Seo, Schuh.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.