The Soldati surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 162 people carried this name — #109,258 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 155 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Soldati surname
From soldato (“soldier”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Soldati» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
559 people named Soldati live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 325 people named Soldati 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 110 people named Soldati.
45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Soldati is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Soldati,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giorgio Soldati d. 1609 · architect
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Giacomo Soldati 1540–1600 · engineer
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Giacomo Soldati 1540– · engineer
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Tommaso Maria Soldati 1735–1807 · prior
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Giovanni Martino Soldati 1747–1831 · politician
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Sebastiano Soldati 1780–1849 · Catholic priest
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Soldati.
- 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
- Soldano 784 · U.S. census
- Sole 1,511 · U.S. census
- Soleau 184 · U.S. census
- Solecki 659 · U.S. census
- Solem 1,406 · U.S. census
- Soler 5,477 · U.S. census
- Solera 141 · U.S. census
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