Sola Surname
Approximately 77,609 people bear this surname
Sola Surname Definition:
Found in French Navarre (Bearne), and also in Catalonia, and Aragon. Derived from latin "solaris" meaning sun.
Formed from the "s" added to the root "-ola" meaning "avena" meaning oats.
A Catalan name found also in Aragon and Navarre.
Read More About This SurnameSola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 17,769 | 1:2,631 | 305 |
| Italy | 6,559 | 1:9,324 | 1,385 |
| Libya | 5,961 | 1:1,047 | 262 |
| Nigeria | 5,920 | 1:29,923 | 2,513 |
| Argentina | 5,382 | 1:7,942 | 785 |
| Philippines | 4,560 | 1:22,201 | 2,866 |
| United States | 2,729 | 1:132,817 | 13,967 |
| India | 2,693 | 1:284,837 | 16,179 |
| France | 2,661 | 1:24,962 | 2,975 |
| Puerto Rico | 2,116 | 1:1,678 | 190 |
| Pakistan | 1,928 | 1:92,658 | 3,050 |
| DR Congo | 1,922 | 1:38,439 | 4,751 |
| Brazil | 1,629 | 1:131,415 | 4,998 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Indonesia | 1,139 | 1:116,110 | 11,772 |
| Turkey | 1,015 | 1:76,671 | 7,065 |
| Egypt | 976 | 1:94,196 | 8,120 |
| El Salvador | 911 | 1:6,964 | 587 |
| Zimbabwe | 625 | 1:24,701 | 3,760 |
| Poland | 622 | 1:61,107 | 9,599 |
| South Africa | 617 | 1:87,808 | 10,786 |
| Ecuador | 613 | 1:25,948 | 3,376 |
| Norway | 494 | 1:10,409 | 1,153 |
| Chile | 478 | 1:36,855 | 1,879 |
| Mexico | 441 | 1:281,465 | 6,538 |
| Papua New Guinea | 398 | 1:20,487 | 2,160 |
| Tanzania | 371 | 1:142,700 | 13,086 |
| Cameroon | 337 | 1:61,629 | 7,883 |
| Colombia | 313 | 1:152,633 | 4,390 |
| England | 310 | 1:179,736 | 16,229 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Honduras | 268 | 1:32,897 | 1,041 |
| Venezuela | 234 | 1:129,077 | 4,240 |
| Cuba | 233 | 1:49,454 | 2,036 |
| Finland | 220 | 1:24,985 | 3,442 |
| Bolivia | 200 | 1:53,082 | 2,813 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Zambia | 192 | 1:82,552 | 6,971 |
| Dominican Republic | 185 | 1:56,394 | 2,803 |
| Germany | 150 | 1:536,703 | 44,788 |
| Guatemala | 150 | 1:107,218 | 3,013 |
| Andorra | 149 | 1:563 | 83 |
| Latvia | 147 | 1:13,946 | 2,078 |
| Canada | 114 | 1:323,207 | 29,592 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Switzerland | 105 | 1:78,218 | 9,041 |
| Botswana | 99 | 1:22,090 | 4,408 |
| Mauritius | 93 | 1:13,908 | 2,969 |
| Belgium | 82 | 1:140,203 | 20,001 |
| Greece | 82 | 1:135,119 | 22,476 |
| Thailand | 82 | 1:861,443 | 136,584 |
| Australia | 72 | 1:374,940 | 30,993 |
| Israel | 58 | 1:147,545 | 15,555 |
| Romania | 58 | 1:346,170 | 29,849 |
| Peru | 57 | 1:557,616 | 14,875 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Russia | 49 | 1:2,941,287 | 160,625 |
| Taiwan | 46 | 1:509,668 | 3,834 |
| Uruguay | 46 | 1:74,603 | 7,760 |
| New Zealand | 39 | 1:116,111 | 14,715 |
| Netherlands | 37 | 1:456,410 | 45,371 |
| Ireland | 32 | 1:147,154 | 6,785 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Solomon Islands | 30 | 1:19,334 | 3,744 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Afghanistan | 22 | 1:1,461,508 | 12,026 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Paraguay | 17 | 1:425,691 | 5,975 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Croatia | 14 | 1:302,043 | 29,715 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| Monaco | 10 | 1:3,707 | 328 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1:47,511 | 3,734 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Lesotho | 6 | 1:338,760 | 16,589 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Congo | 3 | 1:1,663,032 | 27,638 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
The alternate forms: Solà (340), Solá (282), Šola (272), Sóla (53), Şola (4), Söla (1), Solã (1), Šolá (8) & Šóla (5) are calculated separately.
Sola (78,481) may also be a first name.
Sola Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in French Navarre (Bearne), and also in Catalonia, and Aragon. Derived from latin "solaris" meaning sun.
Formed from the "s" added to the root "-ola" meaning "avena" meaning oats.
A Catalan name found also in Aragon and Navarre.
(Finnish) Dweller at the pass or gorge.
Sola Demographics
Average Sola Salary in
United States
$45,482 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sola (Arabic: سولاّ, Hindi: सोला, Marathi: सोला, Oriya: େସାଲା, Russian: Сола) occurs most in Spain. It may also occur as: Solà, Solá, Šola, Sóla, Şola, Söla, Solã, Šolá or Šóla. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sola? popularity and diffusion
Sola is the 7,312th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 93,901 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 38 percent of Sola live; 32 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 23 percent live in Iberian Europe. It is also the 12,581st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 78,481 people.
The last name Sola is most frequently used in Spain, where it is held by 17,769 people, or 1 in 2,631. In Spain Sola is primarily found in: Catalonia, where 44 percent reside, Andalusia, where 15 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 12 percent reside. Beside Spain this last name is found in 145 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 8 percent reside and Libya, where 8 percent reside.
Sola Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sola has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sola surname increased 12,405 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 7,750 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon and Christian (85%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Sola are 39.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.96% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sola earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 18.02% more than the national average, earning €35,440 per year; in Norway they earn 14.73% more than the national average, earning 397,062 kr per year; in Peru they earn 19.95% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,252 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.65% less than the national average, earning R 136,284 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.15% less than the national average, earning $18,128,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.41% more than the national average, earning $45,482 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $45,914 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sola in the Hindi language | ||
| सोला | sola | - |
| Sola in the Marathi language | ||
| सोला | sola | 91.78 |
| सोळा | sola | 8.22 |
| Sola in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାଲା | esala | 72.99 |
| େଶାଲା | esala | 22.7 |
| େସାଲ | esala | 3.33 |
| େସାଳା | esala | 0.39 |
| େଶାଲ | esala | 0.39 |
| େଶାଳା | esala | 0.2 |
| Sola in the Russian language | ||
| Сола | sola | - |
| Sola in the Arabic language | ||
| سولاّ | swla | - |
| صولاّ | swla | - |
| صولا | swla | - |
| صولي | swly | - |
| سولا | swla | - |
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