How common is the surname Solon?

1,197 people in the United States had the surname Solon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Solon?

In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Solon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Solon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, up 0.2%.

Is Solon also a first name?

Yes. Solon 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 Solon

A surname, carried by 1,197 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Solon is more common than 86.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,197 people named Solon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,195.

#21,736

rank among US surnames

1,197

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,599)

Who is named Solon

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

69% of people named Solon identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Asian and Pacific Islander 16%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Solon

Solano

Solon has the Soundex code S450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S450.

Questions

How common is the surname Solon?: 1,197 people in the United States had the surname Solon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Solon?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Solon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Solon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, up 0.2%.
Is Solon also a first name?: Yes. Solon 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.