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    The surname Solanki

    A Gujarati surname, carried by 1,337 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S452

    Solanki: #20,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Solanki #20,019, 1,337 people Solanki: #20,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Solanki #20,019, 1,337 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Solanki is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    Gujarati origin

    Borrowed from Gujarati સોલંકી (solaṅkī).

    One of 18 Gujarati surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,337 people named Solanki in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,924 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 827.

    #20,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,337
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +61.7%
    change since 2000 (was #27,439)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,010Vanalstyne1,338230,752
    #20,019McKechnie1,337230,924

    Who is named Solanki

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

    95% of people named Solanki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Solanki

    Solanki has the Soundex code S452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S452.

    Other Gujarati surnames

    All 18 Gujarati surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Solanki come from?
    Borrowed from Gujarati સોલંકી (solaṅkī).
    How common is the surname Solanki?
    1,337 people in the United States had the surname Solanki in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,924 Americans. It ranked 20,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Solanki?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Solanki identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Solanki getting more or less common?
    More common. 827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,337 in 2010, up 62%.