Distribution of the name 'South'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'South' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'South'
In the UK there are 1,384 phone book entries with the surname South and approximately 6,027 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname South is the 1,537. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 59 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 140.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are Hampshire (89), East Sussex (82), Essex (82), Gloucestershire (67), Kent (64), West Yorkshire (55), Hertfordshire (50), Dorset (48), as well as West Midlands (42).
The following surnames sound like South: Scott, Sweet, Seed, Stow, Stowe, Shute, Scutt, Site, Suttie, Shutt, Skeet, Seath, Sidhu, Shead, Sidaway, Sheath, Skitt, Saeed, Suite, Sadd, Syed, Side, Southey, Seth, Sahota, Sidey, Sood, Shade, Shed, Shahid.
The distribution of the name 'South' in other countries
Occurrence of the name South in the counties
| Greater London - The surname South is is the 1182. most common name - 140 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname South is is the 696. most common name - 89 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname South is is the 598. most common name - 82 persons |
| Essex - The surname South is is the 669. most common name - 82 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname South is is the 837. most common name - 67 persons |
| Kent - The surname South is is the 1124. most common name - 64 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname South is is the 2209. most common name - 55 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname South is is the 733. most common name - 50 persons |
| Dorset - The surname South is is the 810. most common name - 48 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname South is is the 2221. most common name - 42 persons |
| Surrey - The surname South is the 1089. most common name - 41 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname South is the 754. most common name - 41 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname South is the 1001. most common name - 37 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname South is the 931. most common name - 36 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname South is the 1566. most common name - 35 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname South is the 2722. most common name - 33 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname South is the 1065. most common name - 31 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname South is the 1603. most common name - 27 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname South is the 2643. most common name - 26 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname South is the 745. most common name - 26 persons |
| Somerset - The surname South is the 1116. most common name - 24 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname South is the 752. most common name - 23 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname South is the 1494. most common name - 19 persons |
| Central - The surname South is the 3388. most common name - 19 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname South is the 1124. most common name - 19 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname South is the 1522. most common name - 19 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname South is the 2513. most common name - 16 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname South is the 2535. most common name - 15 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname South is the 1419. most common name - 15 persons |
| Devon - The surname South is the 2469. most common name - 14 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname South is is the 2311. most common name - 13 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname South is is the 663. most common name - 11 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname South is is the 2188. most common name - 11 persons |
| Grampian - The surname South is is the 1407. most common name - 10 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname South is is the 3633. most common name - 10 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname South is is the 1685. most common name - 10 persons |
| Lothian - The surname South is is the 2732. most common name - 9 persons |
| Gwent - The surname South is is the 1804. most common name - 9 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname South is is the 3692. most common name - 8 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname South is is the 2145. most common name - 8 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname South is is the 5803. most common name - 5 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname South is is the 4405. most common name - 5 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname South is is the 5527. most common name - 4 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname South is is the 2901. most common name - 4 persons |
| Durham - The surname South is is the 3899. most common name - 4 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname South is is the 1982. most common name - 4 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname South is is the 6644. most common name - 3 persons |
| Avon - The surname South is is the 902. most common name - 3 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname South is is the 1996. most common name - 3 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname South is is the 3315. most common name - 2 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname South is is the 6316. most common name - 2 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname South is is the 2440. most common name - 2 persons |
| Tayside - The surname South is is the 5947. most common name - 2 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname South is is the 6931. most common name - 2 persons |
| Highland - The surname South is is the 3933. most common name - 1 person |
| Humberside - The surname South is is the 1230. most common name - 1 person |
| South Glamorgan - The surname South is is the 2336. most common name - 1 person |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname South is is the 3162. most common name - 1 person |
| Isle of Man - The surname South is is the 1543. most common name - 1 person |
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