The Soltani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 779 people carried this name — #30,101 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 41% from 551 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 307 people named Soltani.
Most of them — 191 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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
210 people named Soltani live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 60 people named Soltani 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 Antwerp.
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
510 people named Soltani are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Soltani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Puri Soltani 1931–2015 · writer
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Liselotte Soltani 1931–2017
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Mozaffar Soltani 1939–1997 · actor
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Gholamreza Soltani 1943–1986 · politician
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Hassan Soltani 1950– · actor
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Jahanbakhsh Soltani 1951– · actor
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Soltani.
- Sollinger 341 · U.S. census
- Solmon 269 · U.S. census
- Solo 838 · U.S. census
- Solomon 46,534 · U.S. census
- Solon 1,197 · U.S. census
- Solt 1,971 · U.S. census
- Soltys 1,412 · U.S. census
- Soltysiak 359 · U.S. census
- Som 1,910 · U.S. census
- Soma 971 · U.S. census
- Somers 10,762 · U.S. census
- Somma 1,354 · U.S. census
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