Soules

surname · Latin script

Meaning: second-person singular present indicative of soule

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Soules is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 199K(measured from records)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 70K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 77K

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.

United States (measured from records)

1,672 people, 2010

Sources
234 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 70K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

second-person singular present indicative of soule

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Soules 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 Soules is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,6721 in 199K1.7KSoules234
FR France≈960 est.≈1 in 70K159—4
EG Egypt≈230 est.≈1 in 459K—Soules2
CA Canada≈200 est.≈1 in 185K—Soules46
ZA South Africa≈170 est.≈1 in 330K—Soules7
SG Singapore≈81 est.≈1 in 77K—Soules1
NZ New Zealand≈44 est.≈1 in 111K—Soules2
OM Oman≈39 est.≈1 in 120K—Soules3

1,672 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Soules is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Spain

    Also written Soulès, Soulés

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Mexico, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Soulés

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Soulès

  • Greek surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece

    Also written Soulēs

35 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)

1850190019502000Pierre Gueraçague Soules, b. 1880Hubert Soules, b. 1939Dale Soules, b. 1946Michel Soules, b. 1961Olivier Soules, b. 1967Jason Soules, b. 1971Chris Soules, b. 1981

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 Soules,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Soules
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.7K#16,993
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.6K#16,635
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.4K#18,972
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981183—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991159—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951152—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961144—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971137—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941117—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921108—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191197—

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • 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 Soules mean, and where does it come from?
second-person singular present indicative of soule Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Soules?
A machine transcription gives /ˈsuɫz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Soules have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.7 thousand people named Soules, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled soules.
How common is the name Soules?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,672 people named Soules in 2010, about 1 in 199 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, “Soules”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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