Sovereign

See also: sovereign

English

Etymology

Americanized form of an unidentified German surname.

Proper noun

Sovereign (plural Sovereigns)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Sovereign is the 41426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Sovereign is most common among White (95.05%) individuals.

Further reading

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

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