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    The surname Soden

    A French nickname surname, carried by 1,929 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S350

    Soden: #15,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Soden #15,246, 1,929 people Soden: #15,246 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Soden #15,246, 1,929 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Soden is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From Old French soudan (“sultan”), a nickname for someone who behaved in an outlandish and autocratic manner or for someone who had played the part of a sultan in a pageant.

    Soden is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,929 people named Soden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,055 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,838.

    #15,246
    rank among US surnames
    1,929
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,809)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,238Nayak1,930159,972
    #15,246Soden1,929160,055
    #15,250Moorefield1,928160,138
    #15,255Bohman1,927160,221

    Who is named Soden

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

    90% of people named Soden identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Soden come from?
    From Old French soudan (“sultan”), a nickname for someone who behaved in an outlandish and autocratic manner or for someone who had played the part of a sultan in a pageant.
    How common is the surname Soden?
    1,929 people in the United States had the surname Soden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,055 Americans. It ranked 15,246th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Soden?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Soden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Soden?
    Soden is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Soden getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,838 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,929 in 2010, up 5.0%.