# Solovey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/solovey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Соловей (Solovej)

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 332 |
| US rank (2010) | 60,636 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 929,956 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (260 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Salavey, Salovei, Salovey, Solloway, Solovay, Solovei, Soloway |

## Etymology

From Ukrainian соловей (solovej, “nightingale”) or Russian соловей (solovej, “nightingale”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Solovey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 99% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Silvey, Silva, Self, Shelby, Selby, Sylvia, Silvia, Scalf, Selph, Salvo, Saliba, Sylva.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.