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    The surname Solak

    A Turkish occupational surname, carried by 629 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S420

    Solak: #35,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Solak #35,721, 629 people Solak: #35,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Solak #35,721, 629 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Solak is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    Turkish origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Solak, from solak (“left-handed”). * Borrowed from Polish Solak, a metonymic occupational surname for a seller or producer of salt, from sól (“salt”). * Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Šolak.

    Solak is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 629 people named Solak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 490,851 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 649.

    #35,721
    rank among US surnames
    629
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #33,206)

    Who is named Solak

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

    94% of people named Solak identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Solak

    Solak has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Solak come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Solak, from solak (“left-handed”). * Borrowed from Polish Solak, a metonymic occupational surname for a seller or producer of salt, from sól (“salt”). * Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Šolak.
    How common is the surname Solak?
    629 people in the United States had the surname Solak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 490,851 Americans. It ranked 35,721st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Solak?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Solak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Solak?
    Solak is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Solak getting more or less common?
    Less common. 649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 629 in 2010, down 3.1%.