Interestingly that's getting less common in Scandinavia. It's the "proper" transliteration, but many people with names like Søren prefer to anglicize them as So

Interestingly that's getting less common in Scandinavia. It's the "proper" transliteration, but many people with names like Søren prefer to anglicize them as Soren rather than Soeren, if anglicization is needed. Not universally, but it's my impression of the trend.