Soh is a surname in various cultures.

Origins

Soh may be: * A spelling of the pronunciation in some

varieties of Chinese Chinese, also known as Sinitic, is a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family consisting of hundreds of local varieties, many of which are not mutually intelligible. Variation is particularly strong in the more mountainous southeast of ma ...

(such as

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...

Hokkien The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages ...

) of the Chinese surname spelled in

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally writte ...

as Sū () * An alternative spelling of the

Korean surname A Korean name (Hangul: ; Hanja: ) consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ''ireum'' or ''seongmyeong'' usually refers to the family name (''seo ...

s spelled in the Revised Romanization of Korean (RR) as

Seo Seo or SEO may refer to: * Search engine optimization, the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines Organisations * SEO Economic Research, a scientific institute * Spanish Ornithological Society (''Socied ...

() or So () * An alternative spelling of the

Japanese surname Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced ...

Sō ()

Statistics

The 2000 South Korean census found 49,456 people with the surname spelled So in RR, and 695,241 with the surname spelled Seo in RR. The former surname is spelled as Soh relatively frequently, but the latter surname is not. In a study based on a sample of applications for

South Korean passport The Republic of Korea passport ( ko, 대한민국 여권, Daehan Minguk yeogwon), commonly referred to as the South Korean passport, is issued to a South Korean citizen to facilitate their international travel. Like any other passport, South K ...

s in 2007, 8.9% of people with the surname spelled So in RR chose to spell it as Soh in their passports, but none of the people with the surname spelled Seo in RR chose to spell it as Soh in their passports. According to statistics cited by

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, there were 100 people on the island of

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and none on the island of

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with the surname Soh as of 2011. The

2010 United States Census The United States census of 2010 was the twenty-third United States national census. National Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2010. The census was taken via mail-in citizen self-reporting, with enumerators servi ...

found 757 people with the surname Soh, making it the 30,767th-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 516 people (40,019th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, about nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as

Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

, and about 5% as

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People

People with one of these surnames spelled as Soh in English include: * Soh Kwang-pom (; 1859–1897), Korean reformist of the late Joseon Dynasty *

Soh Jaipil Soh Jaipil or Seo Jae-pil (January 7, 1864 – January 5, 1951), also known as Philip Jaisohn, was a Korean-American political activist and physician who was a noted champion of the Korean independence movement, the first Korean naturalized citi ...

(; 1864–1961), Korean independence activist and medical doctor *

Soh Chin Ann Datuk Wira Soh Chin Ann (or Soh Chin Aun due to misspelling by Malaysian media; ; born 28 July 1950) is a Malaysian former footballer. He was affectionately known as ''Tauke'' or '' Towkay'' ( en, Boss) by his teammates and fans. RSSSF and I ...

(; born 1950), Malaysian footballer *

Soh Hang-suen Soh Hang-suen (10 October 1951 – 12 June 2013), (alternatively romanised as So Hung-shuen), was a Hong Kong actress. Soh worked for TVB during its ''Golden Age'', joining in 1974, and was most notable for her role in ''Looking Back in Anger ...

(; 1951–2013), Hong Kong actress * Shigeru Soh (; born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner, twin brother of Takeshi * Takeshi Soh (; born 1953), Japanese long-distance runner, twin brother of Shigeru * June-Young Soh (; born 1965), South Korean director and musician *

Cavin Soh Cavin Soh (, born 17 November 1970) (苏智诚/苏志诚 Su Zhi Cheng previous name) is a Singaporean actor, host, watch dealer and singer. Career Soh used to be a lead singer in the band Dreamz FM (梦飞船) and a radio deejay on MediaCorp ...

(; born 1970), Singaporean actor *

Hany Soh Hany Soh Hui Bin ( zh, s=苏慧敏, p=Sū Huìmǐn; born 1987) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Woodgrove division of Marsi ...

(; born 1987), Singaporean politician *

Elson Soh Elson Soh (simplified Chinese: 苏奕铨; born September 6, 1988) is a music artist under a Singapore based Label Record and Artist Management company, M5 Royal Music. Elson studied in Yuhua Primary School, Kranji Secondary School and Pioneer J ...

(; born 1988), Singaporean singer *

Charmaine Soh Charmaine Soh Shi Hui (born 24 March 1990) is a Singaporean netball player and captain of the Singapore national team who plays either as a goal attack or goal shooter. Charmaine officially captained the national side at the 2019 Netball World Cu ...

(born 1990), Singaporean netball player * Debra W. Soh (born 1990), Canadian neuroscientist and science journalist *

Soh Rui Yong Soh Rui Yong (born 6 August 1991) is a Singaporean national long-distance runner, and holder of four national records: 5,000m, 10,000m, half marathon and marathon. In 2017, Soh became the first Singaporean male marathoner to win back-to-back SEA ...

(; born 1991), Singaporean long-distance runner *

Soh Wooi Yik Soh Wooi Yik (, born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2015 and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has helped Malaysia clinch a silver medal in mixed team after being defeated by China in ...

(; born 1998), Malaysian badminton player * Loïc Mbe Soh (born 2001), Cameroonian-born French footballer * Chunghee Sarah Soh (; ), South Korean-born American anthropologist * Kopi Soh (), pseudonym of a Malaysian author

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