Soares

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Soares.

Proper noun

Soares (plural Soareses)

A surname from Portuguese.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Soares is the 3069^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11694 individuals. Soares is most common among White (74.3%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Soares”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Soarez. Compare Galician Xuárez, Spanish Suárez and Juárez.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈa.ɾis/, /suˈa.ɾis/ [sʊˈa.ɾis], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswa.ɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soˈa.ɾiʃ/, /suˈa.ɾiʃ/ [sʊˈa.ɾiʃ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈswa.ɾiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈa.ɾes/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈswa.ɾɨʃ/

Homophones: soares, suares
Hyphenation: So‧a‧res

Proper noun

Soares m or f by sense (invariable)

a surname originating as a patronymic