Last Name SOLE

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the sole, i.e. pond. 'Sole,' a pond.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 17,835 (2000 US census) 23,374 (1990 US census)
Count 1,447 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 83.41%, or 1207 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.67%, or 82 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.31%, or 19 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 8.22%, or 119 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Surnames that make great first names

 We do not really know what surnames will make great first name. It is just highly subjective. What we can tell you is what last names historically been used as first name. We do not know if they will be great. We just know they have been at some time...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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