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The Soriano surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,916 people carried this name — #1,361 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,400 people counted. That is up 49% from 17,418 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Soriano surname

Borrowed from Spanish Soriano, from soriano (“inhabitant in Soria”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Soriano» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 5,755 people named Soriano 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,691
Salta 1,086
Jujuy 930
Córdoba 598
City of Buenos Aires 534
Mendoza 201
Santa Fe 145
Catamarca 105

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 1,099 people named Soriano.

523 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Hérault.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 523
Hérault 111
Hauts-de-Seine 103
Bouches-du-Rhône 46
Aude 39
Gard 32
Haute-Garonne 27
Gironde 21
Paris 21

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

235 people named Soriano live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 62
Geneva 35
Vaud 30
Basel-Landschaft 19
Solothurn 16
Ticino 12
Aargau 12
Lucerne 10

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

36 people named Soriano is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 36

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).

In print

Soriano in American newspapers,
1907–1918.

Newspaper page from The Fairmont West Virginian carrying the name Soriano
The Fairmont West Virginian 1911-01-28
Newspaper page from Bisbee Daily Review carrying the name Soriano
Bisbee Daily Review 1918-08-01
Newspaper page from La Libert'a carrying the name Soriano
La Libert'a 1907-11-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,668 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Soriano,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francesco Soriano
    Francesco Soriano 1549–1621 · composer
  • Luz Soriano
    Luz Soriano 1802–1891 · politician
  • Mariano Soriano
    Mariano Soriano 1817–1880 · writer
  • Jerónimo Soriano 1501–1601 · physician
  • Pedro Soriano 1515–1588 · presbyter
  • Muzio Soriano 1629–1679 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Soriano.

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