Soyo

Name: Soyo: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-10

loc · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Soyo is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common

AOAngola≈1 in 844K(inferred from the name graph)
DZAlgeria≈1 in 3.2M
SESweden≈1 in 7.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Soyo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Netherlands (measured from records)
Sources: 13 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 844K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled సాయి in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Soyo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Soyo is recorded, by country
Country				Most common spelling	Sources
NL Netherlands	72as Sya	1 in 240K	72	—	2
AO Angola	≈39 est.	≈1 in 844K	—	Soyo	3
US United States	≈19 est.	≈1 in 18M	130	సాయి	11
DZ Algeria	≈13 est.	≈1 in 3.2M	listed	—	—
BR Brazil	≈4 est.	≈1 in 53M	126	—	4
ES Spain	≈4 est.	≈1 in 14M	28	—	13
SE Sweden	≈1 est.	≈1 in 7.1M	5	—	—

72 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Soyo is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

a separate name3 spellings in the group
Also written Sōyō, Sōyo

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Soyo
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
ES Spain	INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	28	#66,058
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	28	#65,950
NL Netherlands	CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)	2007	15	#55,977

Reference works 1

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Soyo have the most bearers?: In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 72 people named Sya, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Soyo?: In the Netherlands, the national register counted 72 people named Sya, about 1 in 240 thousand residents.

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Query this name via API

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/soyo

The same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-10 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Soyo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)