Sorbor Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Sorbor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sorbor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia821:53,7634,754
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Sorbor (19) may also be a first name.

Sorbor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sorbor is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorbor? popularity and diffusion

Sorbor is the 2,007,164th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sorbor live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widespread given name globally, borne by 19 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 53,763. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Lofa County, where 52 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 34 percent are found and Margibi County, where 9 percent are found. Beside Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 percent are found.

Sorbor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sorbor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sorbor last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suorbor921/
Scorbor921/
Sourbore860/
Jorbor83361/
Sorwor8326/
Sorbar8318/
Serbor839/
Sorvor836/
Corbor834/
Sarbor832/
Zorbor831/
Surbor831/
Scarbor7782/
Sharbor7711/
Sarbour775/
Sarboer772/
Chorbor772/
Sarborz771/
Sherbor771/
Sorvour771/
Suhrbor771/
Sarbore771/
Sorbard771/
Shurbor771/
Sierbor770/
Scharbor71111/
Saurbour712/
Shourbar711/
Shoruorh711/
Scarbour711/
Schurbor710/
Sorwar676,378/
Sarbar67839/
Surbar6740/
Jorbar6712/
Soruar6710/
Serbar679/
Jarbor675/
Carbor675/
Surbur673/
Sarbur673/
Zorbar672/
Zorwor672/
Sorvorova671/
Corbar671/
Sharboure670/
Scharbour670/
Zarbor670/
Sorvar670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sorbor
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