Sora Surname
Approximately 29,963 people bear this surname
Sora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,529 | 1:117,486 | 7,644 |
| Kenya | 5,980 | 1:7,722 | 1,024 |
| Romania | 3,334 | 1:6,022 | 808 |
| Ethiopia | 2,898 | 1:33,660 | 3,918 |
| Japan | 2,466 | 1:51,843 | 4,135 |
| Colombia | 1,304 | 1:36,637 | 2,132 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,216 | 1:15,092 | 1,174 |
| Italy | 916 | 1:66,765 | 11,880 |
| Indonesia | 771 | 1:171,529 | 16,634 |
| Egypt | 610 | 1:150,714 | 11,610 |
| Mali | 581 | 1:29,207 | 949 |
| Philippines | 560 | 1:180,783 | 29,097 |
| Zimbabwe | 305 | 1:50,617 | 7,714 |
| United States | 290 | 1:1,249,858 | 88,263 |
| Brazil | 281 | 1:761,830 | 27,755 |
| Papua New Guinea | 229 | 1:35,606 | 4,235 |
| Spain | 214 | 1:218,467 | 14,619 |
| Peru | 190 | 1:167,285 | 8,420 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Senegal | 110 | 1:132,539 | 1,189 |
| Cameroon | 103 | 1:201,641 | 20,774 |
| Russia | 95 | 1:1,517,085 | 103,451 |
| Algeria | 82 | 1:471,116 | 36,281 |
| Argentina | 75 | 1:569,912 | 40,958 |
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| Canada | 57 | 1:646,414 | 52,764 |
| Ukraine | 55 | 1:827,685 | 82,321 |
| Germany | 55 | 1:1,463,736 | 89,144 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Poland | 32 | 1:1,187,773 | 77,523 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Albania | 28 | 1:104,073 | 9,868 |
| Venezuela | 23 | 1:1,313,221 | 18,235 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 1:38,669 | 7,565 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Şora (213), Sorà (5), Sorá (4), Sôra (2), Šora (1), Sóra (1) & Šóra (1) are calculated separately.
Sora (32,816) may also be a first name.
Sora Demographics
Sora Political Affiliation
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Sora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sora (Arabic: سوري, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺭﺍ, Hindi: सोरा, Marathi: सोरा, Oriya: େସାରା, Russian: Сора) is found most frequently in India. It may occur in the variant forms: Şora, Sorà, Sorá, Sôra, Šora, Sóra or Šóra. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 18,403rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 243,218 people. The last name Sora occurs mostly in Africa, where 41 percent of Sora live; 30 percent live in East Africa and 22 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 26,002nd most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 32,816 people.
The last name Sora is most common in India, where it is borne by 6,529 people, or 1 in 117,486. In India it is mostly found in: Gujarat, where 52 percent live, Arunachal Pradesh, where 39 percent live and Assam, where 5 percent live. Barring India it occurs in 90 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Romania, where 11 percent live.
Sora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sora has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,261 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Muslim (59%) in Kenya and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Sora surname are 19.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.34% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sora earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 12.48% less than the national average, earning €26,281 per year; in Peru they earn 41.39% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,362 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.39% more than the national average, earning $28,694,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.19% more than the national average, earning $44,524 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.71% more than the national average, earning $51,526 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sora in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﺭﺍ | swra | - |
| Sora in the Hindi language | ||
| सोरा | sora | 92.16 |
| सोरां | soram | 1.96 |
| सौरा | saura | 1.96 |
| Sora in the Marathi language | ||
| सोरा | sora | 89.19 |
| सोर | sora | 10.81 |
| Sora in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାରା | esara | 57.14 |
| େଶାରା | esara | 21.43 |
| େସାର | esara | 7.14 |
| ସେରା | sera | 3.57 |
| େସୗର | esara | 3.57 |
| ରାମ | rama | 3.57 |
| ଓରାମ | orama | 3.57 |
| Sora in the Russian language | ||
| Сора | sora | - |
| Sora in the Arabic language | ||
| سوري | swry | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sora
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