How common is the surname Soloman?

1,717 people in the United States had the surname Soloman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Soloman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 10%.

Is Soloman also a first name?

Yes. Soloman is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Soloman

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,717 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S455

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

Origin

A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Solomon.

Soloman is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,717 people named Soloman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,555.

#16,679

rank among US surnames

1,717

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,891)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,675	Bibeau	1,718	179,712
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922

Who is named Soloman

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

52% of people named Soloman identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Soloman

Soloman has the Soundex code S455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S455.

Questions

How common is the surname Soloman?: 1,717 people in the United States had the surname Soloman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,817 Americans. It ranked 16,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Soloman?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Soloman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Soloman?: Soloman is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Soloman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,717 in 2010, up 10%.
Is Soloman also a first name?: Yes. Soloman is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.