Sorbs Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Sorbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sorbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France821:810,03397,301
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Sorbs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sorbs is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorbs? popularity and diffusion

Sorbs is the 1,994,173rd most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Sorbs reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 810,033. In France Sorbs is primarily concentrated in: Occitanie, where 95 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 4 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 1 percent are found. Besides France this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sourbs911/
Shorbs911/
Sorb895/
Shorb801,138/
Sourb8046/
Sorbh8029/
Corbs807/
Serbs804/
Sorps804/
Ssorb803/
Sohrb802/
Sorfs802/
Sorvs801/
Sorbz801/
Sarbs801/
Schorb73477/
Shourb7380/
Sherbs7354/
Sarbst7342/
Sourbh7332/
Shorbh7311/
Sharbs733/
Shorps731/
Sarb671,019/
Sârb67172/
Zorb67149/
Shourbh675/
Sorv674/
Sorbova673/
Scherbs671/
Sorp671/
Shoorbh671/
Shorpst670/

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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 Sorbs
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