Soy

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See also: soy, soy-, söy, and sơ ý

English

Etymology

Various origins:

  • Borrowed from Khmer សយ (sɑɑy, “mane”), probably a nickname.
  • Probably a clipping of Soya, a surname of Kashmiri origin.
  • Borrowed from Turkish Soy, a nickname from soy (“ancestry, lineage, descent”).

Proper noun

Soy (plural Soys)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Soy is the 40610th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Soy is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (58.36%) and White (29.0%) individuals.

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