How rare is the last name South?

10,580 people in the United States have the last name South, about 1 in 28,251. It ranks #3,334 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SOUTH

#3,334

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,580
About
1 in 28,251
This common or more
53.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,580 people with the last name South, 84.3% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of South

#3,332 Brockman · 10,589#3,333 Younger · 10,588#3,335 Melo · 10,576#3,336 Colby · 10,566

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of South, most common first.

#25,680 Souto · 1,006#34,703 Soth · 702

Also a first name

As a first name, South ranks #47,034 of 53,615, with 140 people. See South as a first name

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