The Sodano surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 681 people carried this name — #33,499 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 7% from 729 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sodano surname
A surname from Arabic.
From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad, “black person”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sodano» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 151 people named Sodano live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Sodano.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Sodano live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Sodano,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pierino Sodano 1894–1968 · association football player
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Giovanni Sodano 1901–1991 · politician
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Angelo Raffaele Sodano 1924–1999 · university teacher
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Angelo Raffaele Sodano 1924–1999 · university teacher
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Angelo Sodano 1927–2022 · Catholic priest
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Angelo Sodano 1927–2022 · Catholic priest
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sodano.
- Sobol 1,374 · U.S. census
- Sobolewski 1,593 · U.S. census
- Sobral 188 · U.S. census
- Socha 2,972 · U.S. census
- Socias 134 · U.S. census
- Socie 272 · U.S. census
- Soehnlen 170 · U.S. census
- Soenen 148 · U.S. census
- Soens 312 · U.S. census
- Soetaert 285 · U.S. census
- Soete 119 · U.S. census
- Soeur 139 · U.S. census
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