Origin and formation

So comes from the Hokkien surname So͘, written 蘇 or 苏. The two character forms are the traditional and simplified spellings of the same Chinese surname. The short Philippine form represents a spoken surname reading rather than an abbreviation of an English word. A well-known Philippine bearer is Wesley Barbossa So, a chess grandmaster born in Bacoor, Cavite. He won the Philippine championship before later representing the United States.

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Public figures with this surname

Elected officials in the 2001 list

So has 1 record in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.

OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗

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