as a Last Name
- 9,830
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named South
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English south, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the south of a settlement or a regional name for someone who had migrated from the south.
| 3,160th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,830
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named South per capita
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