The Sottile surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,415 people carried this name — #19,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 1,429 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sottile surname
A surname transferred from the nickname.
From sottile (“lean, thin; delicate”), used as a nickname.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sottile» (Italian), 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 946 people named Sottile 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
132 people named Sottile live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Sottile.
Most of them — 55 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Calvados.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Sottile 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 Liège.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sottile.
- Sorrentino 4,956 · U.S. census
- Sory 258 · U.S. census
- Sosnowski 1,844 · U.S. census
- Sot 194 · U.S. census
- Soter 553 · U.S. census
- Soto 144,451 · U.S. census
- Sotto 649 · U.S. census
- Sou 982 · U.S. census
- Souchet 132 · U.S. census
- Soucy 4,377 · U.S. census
- Soul 249 · U.S. census
- Soulard 149 · U.S. census
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