Suo (索) is a Chinese surname. It is Romanized as So in Wade-Giles and Sok in Cantonese. 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.Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 It is the 273rd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.K. S. Tom. (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. .https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=suo Origins The 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.
Notable people 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 Suo Chao (索超) from the Water Margin References