The Sohn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,796 people carried this name — #6,985 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 18% from 4,048 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 209 people named Sohn.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 137 people named Sohn live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
46 people named Sohn live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Sohn in American newspapers,
1910–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 291,833 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sohn,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Ferdinand Sohn 1805–1867 · painter -
Paul Eduard Richard Sohn 1834–1912 · painter -
Carl Rudolph Sohn 1845–1908 · painter -
Georg Sohn 1552–1589 · theologian
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Anton Sohn 1769–1840 · mayor
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Wilhelm Sohn 1830–1899 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sohn.
When the index is not enough
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