How common is the surname Solar?

1,720 people in the United States had the surname Solar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. It ranked 16,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Solar?

In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Solar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Solar getting more or less common?

More common. 1,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,720 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Solar

A surname, carried by 1,720 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Solar is more common than 89.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,720 people named Solar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,479.

#16,652

rank among US surnames

1,720

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+16.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,548)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,644	Pinard	1,721	179,399
#16,652	Baudoin	1,720	179,503

Who is named Solar

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

64% of people named Solar identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Solar

Solar has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

Questions

How common is the surname Solar?: 1,720 people in the United States had the surname Solar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. It ranked 16,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Solar?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Solar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Solar getting more or less common?: More common. 1,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,720 in 2010, up 16%.