Soê
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Soê is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 9th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Middle English sō (“large tub, vat”), from Old English sā (“a tub, pail, vessel”) and/or Old Norse sár (“large cask”) (acc.
- MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 194(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 4.4K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 12K
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 Soê 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.
- Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 169 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 194 (inferred from the name graph)
≈290,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Myanmar (Burma), est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Soe in MM Myanmar (Burma), US United States, MY Malaysia and 2 more.
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(measured from records)
- Middle Englishsō“large tub“large tub, vat”(measured from records)
- Old Englishsā“a tub“a tub, pail, vessel”(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*saihaz“bucket“bucket, vat”(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*seyk-“to reach“to reach, grasp”(measured from records)
From Middle English sō (“large tub, vat”), from Old English sā (“a tub, pail, vessel”) and/or Old Norse sár (“large cask”) (acc. s.sá), both from Proto-Germanic *saihaz (“bucket, vat”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (“to reach, grasp”). Cognate with Swedish så (“large wooden water vessel”).
Sources 1
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Soê 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | #9 | ≈290,000 est. | ≈1 in 194 | listed | SoE | 113 |
| US United States | — | 7,456as So | 1 in 45K | 7.8K | SoE | 169 |
| CN China | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 342K | — | SoE | 13 |
| BR Brazil | — | 4,069as So | 1 in 52K | 4.1K | — | — |
| MY Malaysia | #508 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | SoE | 31 |
| SG Singapore | #531 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | SoE | 57 |
| FI Finland | — | 138 | 1 in 40K | 138 | — | 4 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Soê mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English sō (“large tub, vat”), from Old English sā (“a tub, pail, vessel”) and/or Old Norse sár (“large cask”) (acc. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Soê have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 292 thousand people named Soê in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled SoE.
- How common is the name Soê?
- In Finland, the national register counted 138 people named Soê, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.
- How common is Soê compared with other names?
- In Myanmar (Burma), Soê is the 9th most common surname of 12,945 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Soê?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/so%C3%AAThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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 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, “Soê” — the 9th most common surname in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.