Solano Surname
Approximately 355,762 people bear this surname
Solano Surname Definition:
Solano in Spanish means "an east wind."
Found in Santander. Name of several villages near Badajoz, Plasencia, Ciudad Real, Ávila, Burgos, and Canary Islands. Derived from latin "solanium" meaning a corridor, runner, or balcony, as found surrounding a place.
Read More About This SurnameSolano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 88,337 | 1:1,405 | 214 |
| Colombia | 58,085 | 1:822 | 174 |
| Costa Rica | 47,418 | 1:101 | 13 |
| Peru | 25,470 | 1:1,248 | 190 |
| United States | 20,634 | 1:17,566 | 2,225 |
| Philippines | 17,751 | 1:5,703 | 478 |
| Venezuela | 15,709 | 1:1,923 | 333 |
| Dominican Republic | 13,150 | 1:793 | 147 |
| Spain | 12,261 | 1:3,813 | 469 |
| Ecuador | 11,559 | 1:1,376 | 246 |
| Nicaragua | 8,861 | 1:680 | 142 |
| Brazil | 5,314 | 1:40,285 | 1,638 |
| Bolivia | 4,453 | 1:2,384 | 420 |
| Guatemala | 4,114 | 1:3,909 | 573 |
| El Salvador | 3,705 | 1:1,712 | 309 |
| Argentina | 3,614 | 1:11,827 | 1,097 |
| Guinea | 2,611 | 1:4,532 | 220 |
| Honduras | 2,347 | 1:3,756 | 435 |
| Cuba | 2,016 | 1:5,716 | 631 |
| Panama | 1,833 | 1:2,134 | 316 |
| Italy | 1,624 | 1:37,658 | 6,767 |
| Chile | 1,490 | 1:11,823 | 964 |
| France | 683 | 1:97,251 | 14,212 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Canada | 373 | 1:98,782 | 10,734 |
| Paraguay | 282 | 1:25,662 | 937 |
| Portugal | 245 | 1:42,523 | 2,481 |
| Australia | 229 | 1:117,885 | 13,036 |
| Uruguay | 150 | 1:22,878 | 2,650 |
| England | 111 | 1:501,964 | 31,980 |
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| Switzerland | 73 | 1:112,506 | 11,658 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Taiwan | 53 | 1:442,354 | 3,378 |
| Belgium | 50 | 1:229,933 | 29,007 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Puerto Rico | 32 | 1:110,942 | 1,670 |
| Belize | 25 | 1:14,219 | 1,533 |
| Aruba | 23 | 1:4,499 | 638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 21 | 1:436,299 | 23,129 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Andorra | 19 | 1:4,413 | 868 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 129 | 1:389,292 | 29,048 |
The alternate forms: Solaño (35) & Sólanó (1) are calculated separately.
Solano (5,347) may also be a first name.
Solano Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Solano in Spanish means "an east wind."
Found in Santander. Name of several villages near Badajoz, Plasencia, Ciudad Real, Ávila, Burgos, and Canary Islands. Derived from latin "solanium" meaning a corridor, runner, or balcony, as found surrounding a place.
Name from Navarre that spread throughout the Peninsula.
User-submitted Reference
In addition to the Spanish habitational surname Solano (derived from any place so named in Spain, itself derived from Latin solanum, meaning 'place exposed to the sun'), the surname Solano is also a Spanish, Portuguese and also possibly Italian patronymic surname, derived from the given name Solano. It was adopted in honor of the 17th-century Spanish missionary Francisco Solano, who went to South America.
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- andrevs_84.Solano Demographics
Average Male Solano Height
171.9 cm
Average Female Solano Height
160.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Solano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Solano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Solano (Arabic: صولانو, Russian: Солано) is found in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Solaño or Sólanó. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Solano? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,521st most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 20,484 people. The last name Solano occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Solano live; 35 percent live in South America and 25 percent live in Hispano-North America. Solano is also the 92,178th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 5,347 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Mexico, where it is held by 88,337 people, or 1 in 1,405. In Mexico Solano is most numerous in: México, where 17 percent are found, Veracruz, where 13 percent are found and Guerrero, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Mexico Solano exists in 105 countries. It is also common in Colombia, where 16 percent are found and Costa Rica, where 13 percent are found.
Solano Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Solano has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Solano last name grew 15,995 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 5,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Solano Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Solano surname are 42.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.14% registered with the political party.
The amount Solano earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 24.82% less than the national average, earning €22,578 per year; in Peru they earn 8.74% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,690 per year; in Colombia they earn 8.35% less than the national average, earning $20,807,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.67% less than the national average, earning $37,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.59% more than the national average, earning $50,969 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Solano Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Solano in the Russian language | ||
| Солано | solano | - |
| Solano in the Arabic language | ||
| صولانو | swlanw | - |
| سولانو | swlanw | - |
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