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    The surname Solovey

    A surname, carried by 332 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S410

    Solovey: #60,636 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Solovey #60,636, 332 people Solovey: #60,636 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Solovey #60,636, 332 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Solovey is more common than 62.6% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 332 people named Solovey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 929,956 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 260.

    #60,636
    rank among US surnames
    332
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.7%
    change since 2000 (was #70,273)

    Who is named Solovey

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

    99% of people named Solovey identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 99%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Salavey
    • Salovei
    • Salovey
    • Solloway
    • Solovay
    • Solovei
    • Soloway

    Surnames that sound like Solovey

    Solovey has the Soundex code S410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S410.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Solovey come from?
    From Ukrainian соловей (solovej, “nightingale”) or Russian соловей (solovej, “nightingale”).
    How common is the surname Solovey?
    332 people in the United States had the surname Solovey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 929,956 Americans. It ranked 60,636th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Solovey?
    In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Solovey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Solovey getting more or less common?
    More common. 260 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 332 in 2010, up 28%.
    What are other spellings of Solovey?
    Salavey, Salovei, Salovey, Solloway, Solovay and Solovei.