Souverain

surname · Latin script

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

Souverain is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Haiti than in any other country. In French, recorded as sovereign.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 78K(inferred from the name graph)
  • HTHaiti≈1 in 4.7K
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M

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.

Haiti (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,300 people, est.

Sources
158 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Haiti, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A gold coin of the Austrian Netherlands.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

How Souverain is read(measured from records)

Souverain is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • French75%

    sovereign

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English20%

    A gold coin of the Austrian Netherlands.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Souverain 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 Souverain is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HT Haiti#373≈2,300 est.≈1 in 4.7K—Souverain6
FR France—≈870 est.≈1 in 78K115Souverain158
US United States—2131 in 1.6M271Souverain54
ES Spain—≈18 est.≈1 in 2.7M—Souverain1
CA Canada—≈14 est.≈1 in 2.6M—Souverain3

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Souverain
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020271#76,478
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010213#87,335
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961158—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941150—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991115—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971108—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191192—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190192—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192185—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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

Where does the name Souverain come from?
A gold coin of the Austrian Netherlands. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What does the name Souverain mean?
In French, sovereign
In which country does Souverain have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Souverain in Haiti, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled souverain.
How common is the name Souverain?
In the United States, the national register counted 213 people named Souverain in 2010, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
How common is Souverain compared with other names?
In Haiti, Souverain is the 373rd most common surname of 1,519 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Souverain” — the 373rd most common surname in Haiti. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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