# Soto (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 144,451 |
| US rank (2010) | 191 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,137 people |
| Change since 2000 | +36% (106,631 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Soto 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) | 5.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Soto in the United States, Argentina and Spain.

## People named Soto

- Talisa Soto, American actress and model
- Sebastian Soto, American soccer player
- Alexis Soto, Argentinian association football player
- Joe Soto, American mixed martial arts fighter
- Steve Soto, American musician (1963–2018)
- Fernando Soto, (b. 1968), Spanish actor

## Similar surnames

Sato, Seto, Sood, Suto, South, Scotto, Scott, Sweet, Stowe, Schott, Syed, Sweat.

## 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.