Sü

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Sü is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 50th most common given name. Recorded meaning: soldier.

rarermore common
  • TWTaiwan≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.3K
  • VNVietnam≈1 in 2.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sü itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,100,000 named Sue, est.

#381 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
575 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Taiwan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SueLatin(measured from records)
סוHebrew(measured from records)
สุเThai(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sue in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 5 more and Su in TW Taiwan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

soldier

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sü counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sü is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,100,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Sue169
US United States#16699,611as Sue1 in 3.3K99KSue575
GB United Kingdom#179≈59,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K733Sue307
VN Vietnam—≈41,000 est.≈1 in 2.4KlistedSue53
AU Australia#103≈37,000 est.≈1 in 68483Sue258
MY Malaysia#103≈25,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Sue106
TW Taiwan—≈22,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Su182
NZ New Zealand#100≈5,400 est.≈1 in 91414Sue154
SG Singapore#50≈4,500 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Sue110

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sü is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Burmese given name44 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma), United States, Malaysia, Singapore

    Also written Su, Sū, Śu, Ŝu, Śü

  • a separate given name28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China, India, United Kingdom

    Also written Su, Sữ, Sử, Şü, Sự

  • a separate name15 spellings in the group

    Also written Șu, Sủ, S-U, Sự, Šü

  • Hindi given name42 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Bangladesh

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written Sue, Su, Shu, সু, Suh

  • Urdu given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Türkiye, India, Pakistan

    Also written Su, Sử, Şu

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sü is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Turkish, 1. Asker, ordu. 2. Güç, kuvvet.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

  • In Basque, Soule form of su (“fire”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romansh, up, upward, upwards

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In cab, to be hot

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In apt, cattle

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Ann Hui, b. 1947Norman Chui, b. 1950Tsui Hark, b. 1951Hui Ka Yan, b. 1958Xu Qin, b. 1961Raman Hui, b. 1963Vivian Hsu, b. 1975Xu Yuhua, b. 1976Barbie Hsu, b. 1976Tiffany Hsu, b. 1984
  • Ann Huib. 1947CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress (born 1947)
  • Norman Chuib. 1950CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor (1950-2024)
  • Tsui Harkb. 1951VNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer
  • Hui Ka Yanb. 1958CNnot in their usual nameChinese entrepreneur (1958-)
  • Xu Qinb. 1961CNnot in their usual nameSecretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Raman Huib. 1963CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director
  • Vivian Hsub. 1975TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress and singer
  • Xu Yuhuab. 1976CNnot in their usual nameChinese chess player
  • Barbie Hsub. 1976TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress, singer and television presenter (1976–2025)
  • Tiffany Hsub. 1984TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress and model

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Sü under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sü mean, and where does it come from?
soldier Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Sü have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 million people named Sue in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Sü?
In the United States, the national register counted 99,611 people named Sue in 2020, about 1 in 3.3 thousand residents.
How common is Sü compared with other names?
In Singapore, Sü is the 50th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sü” — the 50th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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