The Song surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,110 people carried this name — #1,415 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,800 people counted. That is up 49% from 16,856 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Song surname
Derived from Khmer សុង (song).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Song» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 278 people named Song 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
242 people named Song live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 103 people named Song live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Song.
Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often New Caledonia.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
364 people named Song are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Song in American newspapers,
1901–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,121,722 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Song,
with a public archive behind them.
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Song Hong -5– · politician -
Song Qiqiu 887–959 · poet -
Song Ne 1311–1390 · politician -
Song Wan 1614–1673 · poet -
Song Deyi 1626–1687 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 230 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Song.
- Soma 971 · U.S. census
- Somers 10,762 · U.S. census
- Somma 1,354 · U.S. census
- Sommer 11,662 · U.S. census
- Son 10,094 · U.S. census
- Sondag 415 · U.S. census
- Songy 507 · U.S. census
- Sonier 490 · U.S. census
- Sonmez 163 · U.S. census
- Sonneville 129 · U.S. census
- Sonnier 6,068 · U.S. census
- Sonntag 1,897 · U.S. census
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