Find out how popular the last name Soohoo is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Soohoo.

Soohoo, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Soohoo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Soohoo in America

Soohoo is the 18910th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Soohoo surname appeared 1,444 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Soohoo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Soohoo to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Soohoo

The surname SOOHOO is believed to have originated from the Cantonese region of southern China, likely during the Ming Dynasty period between the 14th and 17th centuries. It is thought to be derived from the Cantonese words "su" meaning "plain" or "book" and "hu" meaning "household" or "family", potentially referring to a family or clan with a scholarly tradition or connection to literature.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the SOOHOO name can be found in the Qing Dynasty Imperial Household records from the late 17th century, where a SOOHOO family is mentioned as residing in the Guangdong province. This suggests that the name had already been established in the region for some time prior.

During the 19th century, as immigration from China to other parts of the world increased, the SOOHOO name began to appear in various historical records outside of China. In 1868, a man named SOOHOO Goon is listed as one of the first Chinese immigrants to arrive in Hawaii, working as a plantation laborer.

Another notable early figure was SOOHOO Ching, a Chinese merchant and community leader who settled in San Francisco in the late 1800s and helped establish one of the first Chinese-American associations in the city.

In the early 20th century, SOOHOO Yee-Lock was a respected educator and principal of the Chinese Presbyterian Mission School in San Francisco, playing a significant role in promoting education within the Chinese-American community.

Later, SOOHOO Walter Hang became a prominent architect in Los Angeles, designing numerous buildings in the city during the mid-20th century, including the Chinatown Golden Gate Theater in 1939.

More recently, SOOHOO Richard, a Chinese-American author and playwright born in 1938, has gained recognition for his works exploring the Chinese-American experience, such as the play "The Dancer and the Dance" and the novel "The Bamboo Grove".

While the SOOHOO name has its roots in southern China, it has since spread around the world, with notable individuals bearing this surname contributing to various fields throughout history.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Soohoo

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Soohoo.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Soohoo was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Soohoo has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Soohoo was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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