SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DERRICO GEORGIA S (Last) (First) (Middle) 2954 BURRLAND LANE (Street) THE PLAINS VA 20198 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc [ SONA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/30/2009
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Common Stock	10/30/2009		P		60,000	A	$6	307,250(1)	D
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Common Stock								70,125(2)	I	BY IRA
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Common Stock								30,495(3)	I	BY IRA

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants (right to buy)	$9.09							10/21/2004	10/21/2014	Common Stock	16,500(4)		16,500	D
Employee Stock Option(right to buy)	$9.09							12/31/2005	04/14/2015	Common Stock	55,000(5)		55,000	D
Employee Stock Options(Right to buy)	$9.09							12/31/2005	11/17/2015	Common Stock	5,500(6)		60,500	D
Employee Stock Options(right to buy)	$9.2							01/23/2009(8)	01/23/2018	Common Stock	20,000(7)		80,500	D
Employee Stock Options(right to buy)	$5.5							01/27/2010(9)	01/27/2019	Common Stock	22,000(10)		102,500	D

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DERRICO GEORGIA S (Last) (First) (Middle) 2954 BURRLAND LANE (Street) THE PLAINS VA 20198 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* PORTER R RODERICK (Last) (First) (Middle) 2954 BURRLAND LANE (Street) THE PLAINS VA 20198 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares are owned jointly. Georgia S. Derrico and R. Roderick Porter are married.

2. These shares are owned in an IRA account for Georgia S. Derrico.

3. These shares are owned in an IRA account for R. Roderick Porter.

4. These warrants are owned as follows: 8,250 by Georgia S. Derrico and 8250 by R. Roderick Porter.

5. These options are owned as follows: 27,500 by Georgia S. Derrico; 27,500 by R. Roderick Porter.

6. These options are owned as follows: 2,750 by Georgia S. Derrico and 2,750 by R. Roderick Porter.

7. These options are owned as follows:10,000 by Georgia S. Derrico and 10,000 by R. Roderick Porter.

8. These shares are exercisable as follows: 4000 shares on 1/23/2009 4000 shares on 1/23/2010 4000 shares on 1/23/2011 4000 shares on 1/23/2012 4000 shares on 1/23/2013

9. These shares are exercisable as follows: 4400 shares on 1/27/2010 4400 shares on 1/27/2011 4400 shares on 1/27/2012 4400 shares on 1/27/2013 4400 shares on 1/27/2014

10. These options are owned as follows: 11,000 by Georgia S. Derrico and 11,000 by R. Roderick Porter.

	Georgia S. Derrico	11/03/2009
	R. Roderick Porter	11/03/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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