# Soriano (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish [in turn transferred from the place name].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 25,916 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,361 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,913 people |
| Change since 2000 | +49% (17,418 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Soriano, from soriano (“inhabitant in Soria”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Soriano 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) | 8.4% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 70% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 19% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Soriano in Argentina, the Dominican Republic, the United States and Brazil.

## People named Soriano

- Osvaldo Soriano, Argentine writer and journalist (1943–1997)
- Rafael Soriano, baseball player
- Raphael Soriano, American architect (1904–1988)
- Alberto Soriano, Argentinian botanist (1920-1998)
- Waldick Soriano, Brazilian singer (1933-2008)

## Similar surnames

Serrano, Serino, Serano, Sharma, Serna, Schramm, Shrum, Schram, Sharon, Shearin, Sherwin, Sarno.

## 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.