Šoul
surname · Latin script
Šoul is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Wilts and Gloucs; also. locative name from Soules near Saint-Lô (Manche).
- CZCzechia1 in 124K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 1.3M
- ESSpain1 in 1.7M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 7 (measured from records)
- 1 in 124K (inferred from the name graph)
249 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Wilts and Gloucs; also. locative name from Soules near Saint-Lô (Manche). Further information: The Scottish family of this name apparently originates with Ranulf de Soulis (d. before 1170), a Norman knight who came to Scotland with King David I and served as his cupbearer. Sir John Soulis (d. before 1310) was appointed guardian of Scotland by King John Balliol in 1301.
Sources 5
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Šoul 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 249 | 1 in 1.3M | 288 | — | 3 |
| CZ Czechia | 86 | 1 in 124K | 86 | Šoul | 7 |
| ES Spain | 30 | 1 in 1.7M | 30 | — | — |
| BR Brazil | 20 | 1 in 11M | 20 | — | — |
| AR Argentina | 11 | 1 in 4.1M | 11 | — | — |
249 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; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; MVČR — living population register 2017; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 86 | #19,127 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Šoul mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Wilts and Gloucs; also. locative name from Soules near Saint-Lô (Manche). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Šoul have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 249 people named Šoul, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Šoul most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Šoul is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 124 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Šoul?
- In the United States, the national register counted 249 people named Šoul in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million 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, “Šoul”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.