Soeur is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Soeur
No. of characters: 5
Origin: France
Meaning: Focused in the Haute-Saone, also present in the Haute-Marne and in Belgium, it is in principle a kinship name, designating either the sister of the head of household, or ellipse by the son of the sister (cf. surname Alasoeur, Alasseur, carried in the Indre). However, it could be a place name. Thus, we find in the Loir-et-Cher a village called Seur, and is not far from Picard Seux, these names denoting the places where grows elder. Note that soeure form corresponds to the village of Seurre (21), the latter name being closer to the low Latin Saburra (= sand, gravel).

How popular is Soeur?

Soeur is common in France.

Soeur is ranked 58380 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Soeurs grew by 14.87603 per cent to 139 since 2000 and ranked 123796 after elevating 5823 spots. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 90.65 86.78
Others 5.76 10.74
Soeur is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cambodia which signifies that it is originated from Cambodia. Around 7947 people have been found who wears Soeur as their family name. Soeur is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
3,259 Ivory Coast5
90,215 Germany3
3,519 Benin3
8,657 Lebanon2
1,143 French Polynesia2
12,745 Luxembourg1
169,904 Brazil1
2,505 Congo1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
810,193 Indonesia1
25,721 Egypt1
4,435 Togo1
2,715 Gabon1
58,885 Poland1
5,467 Haiti1
20,172 Hungary1
2,309 Monaco1
3,307 Malta1
2,935 Madagascar1
151,601 Spain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
94,027 England32
80,121 Australia20
4,554 Senegal14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
190,256 United States99
18,065 Belgium97
12,684 Switzerland90
58,064 Canada52
Countries with hundreds of Soeur:
3,550 Cameroon991
10,900 Morocco470
13,246 Algeria446
Countries with thousands of Soeur:
743 Cambodia2,736
854 Niger1,562
6,662 France1,298
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Damian Eames
sister is a very rare name, parent nickname.

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