The Soltys surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,412 people carried this name — #19,223 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,335 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Soltys surname
Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Šoltys /Šoltýs or Polish Sołtys.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Soltys» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
8,171 people named Soltys have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 9,438 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 135 people named Soltys 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 83 people named Soltys.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
20 people named Soltys live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Soltys 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 Soltys,
with a public archive behind them.
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Darlene M. Soltys 1965– · judge -
Ladislav Soltys 1905–
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Michael Soltys 1971– · computer scientist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Soltys.
- 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
- Soltani 779 · 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
- Sommer 11,662 · U.S. census
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