Soltes Family History
Soltes Name Meaning
Slovak Rusyn (from Slovakia) and Czech (Šoltés also Šoltes); Slovenian (Šoltes): status name for a village headman of German origin (see Schultheis ). Americanized form of Hungarian Soltész (see Soltesz ) and also of some other cognates of 1 above e.g. Polish and Jewish (from Poland) Sołtys (see Soltys ). Compare Sholtis and Soltis .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022