Explore the Family Name Soulliere

The meaning of Soulliere

French: variant of Soulier. The surname Soulliere is very rare in France. Compare Souliere.

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How common is the last name Soulliere in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Soulliere" has seen a slight increase in the United States. In 2000, it was ranked as the 40,335th most popular last name, with an occurrence of 511. By 2010, the rank had improved to 38,439 with a count of 576. This represents a growth rate of 4.7% in terms of ranking and a 12.72% increase in the number of people bearing this surname. Furthermore, the proportion per 100k increased by 5.26%, indicating that the surname "Soulliere" is growing in popularity.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,335	#38,439	4.7%
Count	511	576	12.72%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.2	5.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Soulliere

Moving over to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data suggests that the majority of individuals with the surname "Soulliere" are predominantly of White ethnicity, making up 94.27% of the total in 2010, a slight decrease from 94.72% in 2000. The second largest group identifies as Hispanic, which saw a significant increase from 1.76% in 2000 to 3.30% in 2010. Notably, there was also a modest increase in those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, growing by 18.8%. On the other hand, the percentage of "Soulliere"s reporting two or more races decreased by 51.63%. There were no recorded instances of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.72%	94.27%	-0.48%
Hispanic	1.76%	3.3%	87.5%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.17%	1.39%	18.8%
Two or More Races	2.15%	1.04%	-51.63%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%