Sorbie Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Sorbie Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sowerby,' a parish in West Riding of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Saureby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas de Sawrebe, 1379: ibid.
Thomas de Saureby, 1379: ibid.
Read More About This SurnameSorbie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 214 | 1:25,018 | 2,743 |
| England | 127 | 1:438,725 | 29,288 |
| United States | 116 | 1:3,124,646 | 180,867 |
| Canada | 78 | 1:472,379 | 40,609 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 210 | 1:17,825 | 1,869 |
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Sorbié (1) are calculated separately.
Sorbie Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sowerby,' a parish in West Riding of Yorkshire.
Johannes de Saureby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas de Sawrebe, 1379: ibid.
Thomas de Saureby, 1379: ibid.
Paulinus de Saureby, 1379: ibid.
Thomas de Schorby, 1379: ibid.
1597. Thomas Sowerbye, Cumberland, Register of the University of Oxford.
1609. Francis Sowerby, County Durham: ibid.
The variants of these surnames in the Index to Register of the University of Oxford. (p. 391) are Sourbie, Sourby, Surby.
The surname of an ancient family in Galloway who owned the lands of Sorby, which now form the parish of Sorbie, Wigtownshire. Gilbert de Sowreby witnessed a charter by William de Cunynburg, c. 1268 (RHM., I, p. 9). Peter Sorby in Dundee charged with aiding the English, 1552 (Beats, p. 326). William Sorbie in Stonehouse, 1626, and three more are in record (Lanark CR.). John Sorbie in Upper Achie, 1748, and John Sorbie in Upper Aichie, 1764 (Kirkcudbright).
(Scandinavian) belonging to 1 Sowerby (Yorks2: 14th cent. Saureby, Domesday Sourebi, Sorebi; Lancs: 13th cent. Saureby, Soureby, Domesday Sorbi; Cumb., etc.); 2 Sorbie (Wigton; 15th cent. Sourbi) = the Muddy Farm- Land [Old Norse saur-r, mud + bý-r]
Sorbie Demographics
Average Sorbie Salary in
United States
$44,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sorbie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorbie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sorbie is most common in Scotland. It can also occur as a variant: Sorbié. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sorbie.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorbie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 546,286th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Sorbie live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles.
Sorbie is most frequently used in Scotland, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 25,018. In Scotland Sorbie is mostly concentrated in: South Lanarkshire, where 35 percent live, Glasgow City, where 14 percent live and Fife, where 7 percent live. Excluding Scotland it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Sorbie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sorbie has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Sorbie last name grew 102 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it grew 2,117 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,160 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sorbie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sorbie are 10.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.33% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sorbie earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.3% more than the national average, earning $51,818 CAD per year.
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