The Sola surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,218 people carried this name — #13,654 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is up 19% from 1,859 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,015 people named Sola 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 904 people named Sola.
272 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
512 people named Sola have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 578 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
187 people named Sola live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 30 people named Sola live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
671 people named Sola are counted in Norway, Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Sola in American newspapers,
1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 367,701 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sola,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ola Halvarsen Sola 1547–1635
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Einar Olsen Sola 1597–1683
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Ragnhild Olsdatter Olsdotter Sola 1600–1682
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Jakob Torbjørnson Sola 1718–1769
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Elling Ellingsen Sola 1743–1811
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Berta Jakobsdatter Jakobsdotter 1761–1838
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sola.
- Sojka 1,214 · U.S. census
- Sok 4,569 · U.S. census
- Sokol 5,559 · U.S. census
- Sokoloff 853 · U.S. census
- Sokolowski 4,139 · U.S. census
- Sol 1,044 · U.S. census
- Solana 663 · U.S. census
- Solano 24,881 · U.S. census
- Solari 1,994 · U.S. census
- Solas 260 · U.S. census
- Soldan 507 · U.S. census
- Soldani 197 · U.S. census
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