# Tso (surname)

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

A surname from Chinese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chinese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,249 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,931 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 95,028 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (3,001 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 左 (Zuǒ).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tso 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) | 2.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 40% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 53% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Similar surnames

Tse, Tsao, Tosh, Teague, Tsai, Tuck, Tice, Theis, Thach, Tighe, Tucci, Thies.

## 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.