Soria Family History

Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from the city of Soria in Castile. Compare Soriano. Jewish (Sephardic): also an adoption of the Spanish surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism.

After the return to Judaism (generations later) some descendants retained the surname their families used as Catholics. Italian (southern): possibly of Spanish origin (see 1 above).

Alternatively, a nickname or perhaps an ethnic name from the old Italian name Soria for Syria. Italian (northern): habitational name from Soria, a place in the province of Asti.