Soor Surname

65,118th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,672 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
England

Soor Surname Definition:

SOOR: From sair, a sawyer; whence the word sair-pren, a woodman, carpenter.

Soor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5,6591:135,5488,658
England7821:71,2518,168
Afghanistan4081:78,8072,257
Indonesia1991:664,56951,932
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Canada1381:266,99725,150
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Pakistan331:5,413,45134,034
Malaysia191:1,552,32864,490
Iran191:4,041,185108,332
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Czechia171:625,49860,070
Qatar161:147,37516,023
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
France71:9,488,960336,266
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Wales41:773,63329,106
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Soor (1,760) may also be a first name.

Soor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

SOOR: From sair, a sawyer; whence the word sair-pren, a woodman, carpenter.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Soor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Soor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Soor (Hindi: सूर, Russian: Соор) is found most in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Soor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Soor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 65,118th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 949,889 people. The surname Soor is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Soor are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 74 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 182,508th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,760 people.

The surname Soor is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 5,659 people, or 1 in 135,548. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 63 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 31 percent live and West Bengal, where 3 percent live. Barring India Soor exists in 40 countries. It is also common in England, where 10 percent live and Afghanistan, where 5 percent live.

Soor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Soor has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Soor last name rose 78,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Soor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Soor surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the party.

The amount Soor earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 31.78% more than the national average, earning $56,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.45% more than the national average, earning $59,841 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shoor891,738/
Soort89525/
Soore89261/
Soord8988/
Scoor8914/
Soorh898/
Szoor896/
Soorr892/
Soohr891/
Sootr891/
Sor866,312/
Schoor801,667/
Shoore8041/
Siooer801/
Soorth801/
Shzoor801/
Shoorp800/
Sore75105,040/
Shor759,537/
Sour758,271/
Soer752,005/
Sohr751,612/
Sort75896/
Coor75615/
Joor75545/
Szor75493/
Zoor75323/
Sior75261/
Soir75194/
Suor75146/
Sorr7573/
Sorz7555/
Sord7547/
Sorh7546/
Scor7543/
Sorø7516/
Sotr755/
Sosr753/
Soër753/
Ssor752/
Sgor751/
Sorp751/
Soyr751/
Schoore7396/
Soorova7336/
Soorová7314/
Schhoor731/
Shchoor731/
Short67113,655/
Shore6726,738/
Schor673,005/
Shour672,451/
Sourd671,662/
Shorr671,390/
Soire671,045/
Sorre67928/
Joore67478/
Soure67450/
Sohur67251/
Shoer67196/
Sourt67171/
Shord67148/
Siore67108/
Choor6783/
Sjoer6771/
Sourp6769/
Szohr6761/
Scorr6744/
Zhoor6735/
Zoore6723/
Shoir6721/
Sourr6719/
Sourh6718/
Sorhe6714/
Szort678/
Shorp676/
Scuor676/
Soyre674/
Soihr674/
Szore673/
Shuor673/
Soirh673/
Zoort673/
Szhor672/
Soehr672/
Shorh672/
Suord672/
Sothr672/
Suore672/
Hzoor672/
Shhor672/
Joord671/
Joorr671/
Jhoor671/
Shorz671/
Sousr671/
Suotr671/
Sorzh671/
Souhr671/
Siorh671/
Sjour671/
Souïr671/
Xoohr671/
Djoor671/
Coorr670/
Soird670/
Hsort670/
Joort670/
Shohr670/

Soor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Soor in the Hindi language
सूरsura-
Soor in the Russian language
Соорsoor-

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