How common is the surname Soares?

11,694 people in the United States had the surname Soares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,402 Americans. It ranked 3,069th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Soares?

Everton Sousa Soares, Brazilian association football player (born 1996), followed by Bruno Soares.

Where is the surname Soares most common?

Wikidata records people named Soares in Brazil, the United States and Guinea-Bissau and 1 other country.

Is the surname Soares getting more or less common?

More common. 9,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,694 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Soares

A Portuguese surname, carried by 11,694 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Soares is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Soares.

One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,694 people named Soares in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,402 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,633.

#3,069

rank among US surnames

11,694

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+21.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,403)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,060	Harlow	11,726	26,330
#3,061	Vue	11,717	26,350
#3,062	Marx	11,716	26,352
#3,063	Sommers	11,706	26,375
#3,064	Kolb	11,705	26,377
#3,065	Morrell	11,700	26,389
#3,066	Havens	11,699	26,391

Who is named Soares

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

74% of people named Soares identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.1%
Two or more races 4.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Soaress

31 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Everton Sousa Soares
Brazilian association football player (born 1996)
Bruno Soares
Brazilian tennis player, born 1982
Elza Soares
Brazilian musician (1930–2022)
Sérgio Soares
Brazilian association football player and manager, born 1967
Carlos Eduardo Soares
Brazilian association football player, born 1979
Jô Soares
Brazilian comedian and writer, 1938–2022
Francisco Soares
Brazilian association football player, born 1991
Marcelo Soares
Brazilian association football player, born 1982
Eydison Teofilo Soares
Brazilian association football player, born 1988
Henrique Soares da Costa
Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop, 1963–2020
Zé Soares
Brazilian footballer, born 1983
Danilo Soares
Brazilian association football player, born 1991

Notable Soaress come mostly from Brazil (28), the United States (1) and Guinea-Bissau (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Soares

Soares has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Soares come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese Soares.
How common is the surname Soares?: 11,694 people in the United States had the surname Soares in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,402 Americans. It ranked 3,069th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Soares?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Soares identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Soares?: Everton Sousa Soares, Brazilian association football player (born 1996), followed by Bruno Soares.
Where is the surname Soares most common?: Wikidata records people named Soares in Brazil, the United States and Guinea-Bissau and 1 other country.
Is the surname Soares getting more or less common?: More common. 9,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,694 in 2010, up 21%.