Sorb Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Sorb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sorb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Sorb (75) may also be a first name.

Sorb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sorb (Hindi: सोरब, Russian: Сорб) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorb? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Sorb reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 40 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sorb is also the 1,116,575th most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 75 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 50 percent reside and Ohio, where 50 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Iran, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shorb891,138/
Sorbs8988/
Sourb8946/
Sorbh8929/
Ssorb893/
Sohrb892/
Sorbz891/
Soerb891/
Schorb80477/
Shourb8080/
Sourbh8032/
Shorbh8011/
Shorbs801/
Sourbs801/
Serb753,048/
Corb751,074/
Sarb751,019/
Sorf75267/
Sârb75172/
Zorb75149/
Surb7553/
Sorv754/
Sorw753/
Jorb751/
Sorp751/
Shourbh735/
Sorbova733/
Shoorbh731/
Schoerb730/
Zoerb67495/
Sherb67304/
Chorb67248/
Szerb67208/
Sharb67125/
Sourp6769/
Shorf6759/
Shurb6752/
Sierb6734/
Szorf6718/
Sgarb6717/
Sourv6713/
Scorp6712/
Sarbh6712/
Scerb6710/
Sorpe679/
Shorp676/
Sorps674/
Sorzv673/
Surbh672/
Jorbh672/
Saurb672/
Sorfs672/
Sahrb671/
Seerb671/
Sarbs671/
Sorvs671/
Scarb671/
Zourb671/
Sarrb671/

Sorb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sorb in the Hindi language
सोरबsoraba-
Sorb in the Russian language
Сорбsorb-

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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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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sorb
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