Solano surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Solano surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 16,869 people carried this name — #1,958 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 289 people named Solano.

79 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Aude.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 79
Aude 37
Hautes-Pyrénées 27
Gironde 22
Rhône 21
Hérault 14
Paris 10
Gers 9
Bouches-du-Rhône 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

147 people named Solano live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 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

Zurich 28
Solothurn 26
Geneva 24
Vaud 21
Basel-Landschaft 9
Ticino 8
Aargau 8
Valais 6

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Solano is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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