Suo (索) is a Chinese surname. It is Romanized as So in Wade-Giles and Sok in Cantonese.[1][2] According to a 2013 study, it was the 317th most common name in China; it was shared by 165,000 people, or 0.012% of the population, being most popular in Henan.[3] It is the 273rd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[4][5]
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.jpg) Suo Chao (索超) from the Water Margin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Literal meaning | rope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Origins
editThe surname is claimed to derive from a Suo state (索) located in modern Henan during the Shang period (late 2nd millennium BC), which was annexed by the Western Zhou (11th–8th centuries BC); the Suo were one of six clans of the Shang that were sent to the state of Lu after the downfall of the Shang.[6]
Notable people
edit- Suo Chen (索綝, died 316), Jin general
- Suo Yuanli (索元禮, died 691), Tang police official
- Suo Zhaoshiya (索趙士雅, 1905–1967), politician
- Suo Di (索敌, born 1993), badminton player
- Suo Ran (索冉, born 1994), swimmer
Fictional
edit- Suo Chao (索超) from the Water Margin
References
edit- ^ https://www.mychinaroots.com/surnames/detail?word=%E7%B4%A2
- ^ 羊姓史话. 江西人民出版社. February 23, 2001. ISBN 9787210024453 – via Google Books.
- ^ Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
- ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
- ^ https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=suo
- ^ https://discover.23andme.com/last-name/Suo