# Soule (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,372 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,460 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,453 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (6,168 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Soule 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Soule in the United States, Argentina and Benin.

## People named Soule

- Jeremy Soule, American composer
- Matías Soulé, Argentine association football player
- Pierre Soulé, American politician (1801–1870)
- Olan Soule, actor (1909–1994)
- Aurélie Adam Soule, Beninese politician
- Chris Soule, American skeleton racer
- Silas Soule, American Union Army officer

## Similar surnames

Soileau, Sola, Solé, Sohl, Solley, Sol, Sule, Sewell, Shelley, Shell, Schell, Seeley.

## 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.