Song is used as a family name or surname in China. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Song
No. of characters: 4
Origin: China
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Song

How popular is Song?

Song is common in China.

Song is ranked 31 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Songs grew by 48.96773 per cent to 25110 since 2000 and ranked 1415 after elevating 547 spots. The last name was found in around 85 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
95.15 95.12
White 1.98 2.08
Others 1.74 1.91
Hispanic or Latino 0.65 0.43
Black 0.45 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.04 0.06
Song is quite popular family name mostly used in China while South Korea is ahead in terms of density. Around 10293459 people have been found who wears Song as their family name. Song is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
39,450 Moldova8
20,929 Azerbaijan7
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
359 Laos4
114,007 Czech Republic4
2,537 Afghanistan4
6,989 Uganda3
7,294 Kuwait3
7,993 Jordan3
19,865 Iran3
11,392 Slovakia3
3,008 Ethiopia3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
10,762 Hungary3
20,541 Peru3
3,949 Botswana3
3,519 Benin3
10,858 Tunisia2
5,300 Syria2
385 American Samoa2
2,151 Fiji2
20,837 Venezuela2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
5,139 Bolivia2
250 Tonga2
292 Equatorial Guinea2
17,692 Armenia2
2,794 El Salvador2
14,621 Croatia2
31,767 Greece2
6,900 Oman2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
3,871 Paraguay2
384 Guinea2
10,395 Latvia2
1,848 Madagascar2
537 Liechtenstein1
4,942 Libya1
717 Bhutan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
12,270 Lebanon1
1,879 Belize1
37,779 Serbia1
2,190 Barbados1
6,820 Angola1
1,542 Andorra1
3,275 Nepal1
3,307 Malta1
8,268 Mauritius1
16,228 Bulgaria1
7,198 Maldives1
11,831 Tajikistan1
1,254 Gibraltar1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
2,715 Gabon1
2,232 French Polynesia1
5,467 Haiti1
3,586 Honduras1
624 Solomon Islands1
8,859 Iraq1
7,790 Zambia1
2,057 Isle of Man1
2,309 Monaco1
510 East Timor1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
880 Djibouti1
9,498 Iceland1
799 British Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
27,871 Belarus45
2,337 Cyprus43
1,588 Luxembourg40
838 Guam24
7,883 Nigeria19
3,804 Senegal18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
5,134 Portugal92
10,122 Chile90
2,902 Qatar88
528 Brunei79
45,171 Tanzania73
1,539 Costa Rica66
2,438 Bahrain61
Countries with hundreds of Song:
3,989 Uzbekistan983
566 Mongolia909
38,282 India881
7,500 South Africa858
8,308 Algeria803
20,897 Russia793
6,878 Mexico785
4,482 Saudi Arabia770
7,959 Poland764
6,641 Pakistan754
1,057 New Zealand679
133 Macau671
17,567 Italy593
1,891 Switzerland558
13,064 Turkey524
7,781 Spain513
2,014 Sweden493
5,685 Ghana479
6,369 Netherlands434
2,549 United Arab Emirates405
11,492 Kenya392
14,020 Argentina388
2,220 Finland374
3,073 Guatemala369
2,199 Scotland322
17,962 Morocco268
22,401 Ukraine248
5,126 Austria236
9,543 Belgium193
38 New Caledonia190
11,099 Romania188
1,073 Estonia184
2,468 Ireland180
15,386 Kazakhstan172
2,148 Namibia163
7,594 Colombia157
2,662 Wales147
5,401 Ecuador138
4,348 Denmark138
4,581 Lithuania135
2,495 Panama131
4,033 Burkina Faso113
6,819 Norway111
10,102 Israel106
Countries with thousands of Song:
1,044 Germany7,094
405 Cameroon7,037
96 Singapore6,044
850 Canada5,820
153 Hong Kong4,555
2,785 Philippines4,447
868 Australia3,561
2,142 France3,368
2,486 England3,194
5,829 Indonesia2,364
3,757 Bangladesh2,063
52 Thailand1,270
11,393 Brazil1,192
6,094 Egypt1,021
Countries with ten thousands of Song:
383 Japan47,821
59 Cambodia34,786
202 Vietnam32,591
1,431 United States27,604
107 Taiwan13,849
339 Malaysia11,762
323 Myanmar10,608
Countries with hundred thousands of Song:
10 South Korea668,793
16 North Korea276,596
Countries with millions of Song:
27 China9,096,347
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Bridgt. Song was 13 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 12, 1850. She lived in Great Britain where she worked as spinster and took Rockaway from Liverpool. Blacksmith Mary Song, 38 years old Simon Song, Mary Song (34) , Immigrant Eliza Song, Sally Song (14) Immigrant, Mary Song (11) Immigrant, 8 years old Patk. Song, 5 years old William Song, and 12 other Song around 70% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

Song Namesakes

    Rigobert Song, Cameroonian former footballer
  • Abena Songbird, Author
  • Victoria Song, Singer
  • Rigobert Song, Soccer player
  • Trey Songz, Singer-songwriter
  • Alex Song, Soccer player
  • Alex Song, Soccer player
  • Trey Songz, Singer-songwriter
  • Darius Songaila, Basketball player
  • Poh Seng Song, Olympic athlete
  • Emperor Huizong of Song, Poet
  • In 2005 drama flick, Sheng Si Niu Yu Ru, Guofeng Song characterized Niu Yu Ru.
  • In 2010 comedy, romance movie, Jje-jje-han ro-maen-seu, Yoo-ha Song characterized Jong-su.
  • Di-jing Song, from 2012 drama movie Ji yi wang zhe wo, who characterized the Di-jin Song.
  • In 2017 crime and drama movie, Bao lie wu sheng, Yang Song characterized Zhang Baomin.
  • Xiaochuan Song played crucial role of Yan Yuejun in 1990 drama and music movie Printemps perdu.
  • Chang-ui Song, from 2008 drama, war flick So-nyeon-eun wool-ji anh-neun-da, who characterized Tae-ho.
  • Joong-Ki Song portrayed the central role of Chul-Su or wolf-boy in 2012 fantasy, romance movie Neuk-dae-so-nyeon.
  • Ning Feng Song, from 2015 romance film Highway of Love, who characterized Xiu Ba.
  • Sam-dong Song portrayed leading character of Gae Ttong in 2013 drama movie Gaeddong.
  • Tarmo Song played the leading character of Heldur in 2014 drama, history film Risttuules.

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