The surname Szeto
A Chinese surname, carried by 2,599 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈsitoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex S300
Origin
Chinese origin
Borrowed from Cantonese 司徒 (si1 tou4).
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 2,599 people named Szeto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,794 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,426.
Who is named Szeto
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Szeto identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Szeto
Szeto has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.
Other Chinese surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Szeto come from?
- Borrowed from Cantonese 司徒 (si1 tou4).
- How common is the surname Szeto?
- 2,599 people in the United States had the surname Szeto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,794 Americans. It ranked 12,012th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Szeto?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Szeto identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Szeto?
- Szeto is /ˈsitoʊ/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Szeto getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,599 in 2010, up 7.1%.