The Sole surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,511 people carried this name — #18,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 196,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 1,447 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,436 people named Sole 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 582 people named Sole.
141 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
79 people named Sole live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 30 people named Sole 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 Brussels-Capital.
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 print
Sole in American newspapers,
1907–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Sole,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicola Sole 1821–1859 · poet -
William Sole 1739–1802 · botanical collector
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William Sole 1739–1802 · botanical collector
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William Sole 1740–1758
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William Sole 1741–1802 · botanical collector
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William Sole 1741–1802 · botanical collector
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sole.
- 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
- Soldati 162 · 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
- Soles 4,006 · U.S. census
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