Sor Surname

77,495th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Sor Surname Definition:

V. Soar(e.

Sor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,3171:331,06018,273
Nigeria5141:344,63618,677
United States4611:786,24560,824
Turkey3531:220,45715,785
Malaysia3381:87,2616,089
Guatemala3331:48,2962,227
France3221:206,28232,050
Cambodia2721:56,9381,926
Philippines2361:428,97653,590
Pakistan1151:1,553,42516,639
Taiwan901:260,4972,161
Indonesia851:1,555,873103,724
Israel831:103,10411,791
Yemen801:330,3169,935
Iraq581:603,8229,381
Thailand521:1,358,430190,094
Papua New Guinea511:159,87722,106
Iran491:1,566,99061,347
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Hungary261:377,54926,409
Palestine241:189,5359,079
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
England221:2,532,63991,802
Burkina Faso211:873,9109,338
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Syria91:2,144,5589,551
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Moldova81:445,17130,722
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

The alternate forms: Šor (31), Sôr (1) & Sór (1) are calculated separately.

Sor (22,224) may also be a first name.

Sor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. Soar(e.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sor Last Name Facts

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

Sor (Hindi: सोर, Marathi: सोर, Tibetan: སོར་) occurs most in India. It can also be found in the variant forms: Šor, Sôr or Sór. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 77,495th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,154,554 people. The surname Sor occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of Sor reside; 39 percent reside in South Asia and 37 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 34,933rd most common first name world-wide, borne by 22,224 people.

The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 2,317 people, or 1 in 331,060. In India it is mostly found in: West Bengal, where 47 percent live, Maharashtra, where 44 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 5 percent live. Other than India it exists in 72 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.

Sor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sor surname are 3.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sor earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.1% less than the national average, earning $38,793 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.32% less than the national average, earning $38,098 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šor8931/
Sôr891/
Sór891/
Sore86105,040/
Shor869,537/
Sour868,271/
Soor867,672/
Soer862,005/
Sohr861,612/
Sort86896/
Szor86493/
Sior86261/
Soir86194/
Suor86146/
Sorr8673/
Sorz8655/
Sord8647/
Sorh8646/
Scor8643/
Sorø8616/
Sotr865/
Sosr863/
Soër863/
Ssor862/
Sgor861/
Sorp861/
Soyr861/
Short75113,655/
Shore7526,738/
Schor753,005/
Shour752,451/
Shoor751,738/
Sourd751,662/
Shorr751,390/
Soire751,045/
Sorre75928/
Soort75525/
Soure75450/
Soore75261/
Sohur75251/
Shoer75196/
Sourt75171/
Shord75148/
Siore75108/
Soord7588/
Sjoer7571/
Sourp7569/
Szohr7561/
Scorr7544/
Shoir7521/
Sourr7519/
Sourh7518/
Sorhe7514/
Scoor7514/
Soorh758/
Szort758/
Shorp756/
Scuor756/
Szoor756/
Soyre754/
Soihr754/
Szore753/
Shuor753/
Soirh753/
Soorr752/
Szhor752/
Soehr752/
Shorh752/
Suord752/
Sothr752/
Suore752/
Shhor752/
Soohr751/
Sootr751/
Shorz751/
Sousr751/
Suotr751/
Sorzh751/
Souhr751/
Siorh751/
Sjour751/
Souïr751/
Soird750/
Hsort750/
Shohr750/
Sur6775,609/
Sar6758,252/
Zor6715,262/
Schorr6710,816/
Shortt678,645/
Cor676,865/
Jor673,843/
Çor671,738/
Schoor671,667/
Schorp67284/
Sorova67208/
Shourd67196/
Sorowa67106/
Schorz6787/
Schohr6780/
Sár6773/
Schour6748/
Sür6743/
Shoore6741/
Xor6737/
Shourt6732/
Szorre6728/
Schord6717/
Soirre6717/
Súr6714/
Shordt679/
Schgor679/
Zsorzs678/
Schorh677/
Shorre675/
Shohrh673/
Shoure673/
Sourre672/
Shchor672/
Sůr672/
Sorrhe672/
Schjor671/
Siooer671/
Żor671/
Soorth671/
Shorrt671/
Sâr671/
Shohrt671/
Sshore671/
Shzoor671/
Soisre671/
Soisrt671/
Shoire671/
Shohtr670/
Southr670/
Shuort670/
Shjort670/
Shoorp670/

Sor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sor in the Tibetan language
སོར་sor-
Sor in the Marathi language
सोरsora-
Sor in the Hindi language
सोरsora98.99

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