Soder

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Obsolete form of solder

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈsoʊdɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Soder is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 69K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 499K
  • SESweden1 in 5.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

1,995 people

Sources
192 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 5.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Söder in DE Germany, SE Sweden and Soeder in BJ Benin.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Obsolete form of solder.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Soder counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Soder is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden1,9951 in 5.1K2KSöder20
CN China≈1,200 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Soder3
DE Germany≈1,200 est.≈1 in 69K—Söder62
BR Brazil9661 in 219K966—1
US United States6661 in 499K695Soder192
FI Finland5211 in 11K521Soder6
CH Switzerland2761 in 30K276Soder19
BJ Benin≈220 est.≈1 in 58K—Soeder2

1,995 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Soder is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Paraguay

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Söder

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland, Sweden

    Also written Söder

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Söder

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Söder

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Söder

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Söder

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Alfred Soder, b. 1880Stefan Soder, b. 1975Dan Soder, b. 1983

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Soder,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Soder
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—966#9,587
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020695#34,988
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010666#34,110
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000599#35,522
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024276#4,729
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Soder mean, and where does it come from?
Obsolete form of solder. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Soder?
A machine transcription gives /ˈsoʊdɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Soder have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Soder, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled söder.
Where is Soder most common?
Soder is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.1 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Soder?
In Sweden, the national register counted 1,995 people named Soder, about 1 in 5.1 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Soder”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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