Son

Son is the 2,326th most common surname in the United States, shared by 15,288 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 19,600.

By the numbers

People: 15,288
Rank: 2,326th
How common: 1 in 19,600
Per 100,000: 5.1

Where the name comes from

As a surname, from:.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Son described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 59.7%
White, not Hispanic 18.7%
Hispanic or Latino 11.9%
Black, not Hispanic 6.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Son

Son Heung-min (born 1992)South Korean association football player
Masayoshi Son (born 1957)Japanese businessman
Son Ye-jin (born 1982)South Korean actress
Son Chaeyoung (born 1999)South Korean rapper and singer
Son Na-eun (born 1994)South Korean singer, model and actress
Son Dam-bi (born 1983)South Korean singer and actress
Son Yeon-jae (born 1994)South Korean rhythmic gymnast
Son Jun-ho (born 1992)South Korean footballer

People named Son with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Son

Also a first name

Son has been given to 1,066 American babies as a first name since 1884, peaking in 1982. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.