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    The surname Soule

    A surname, carried by 6,372 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Soule is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,372 people named Soule in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,453 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,168.

    #5,460
    rank among US surnames
    6,372
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,204)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,451Lett6,38548,355
    #5,452Dawes6,38348,370
    #5,453Hsieh6,38248,378
    #5,454Fawcett6,38148,385
    #5,456Pinkney6,37848,408
    #5,457Kwiatkowski6,37748,415
    #5,458Agustin6,37548,431

    Who is named Soule

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

    92% of people named Soule identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Soules

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeremy Soule
      American composer, born 1975
    • Matías Soulé
      Argentine association football player, born 2003
    • Pierre Soulé
      American politician (1801–1870)
    • Olan Soule
      Actor (1909–1994)
    • Aurélie Adam Soule
      Beninese politician, born 1984
    • Chris Soule
      American skeleton racer, born 1973
    • Silas Soule
      American Union Army officer, 1838–1865

    Notable Soules come mostly from the United States (5), Argentina (1) and Benin (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Soule

    Soule has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Soule?
    6,372 people in the United States had the surname Soule in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,453 Americans. It ranked 5,460th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Soule?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Soule identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Soule?
    Jeremy Soule, American composer, followed by Matías Soulé.
    Where is the surname Soule most common?
    Wikidata records people named Soule in the United States, Argentina and Benin.
    Is the surname Soule getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,372 in 2010, up 3.3%.