Sorgor Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sorgor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sorgor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1431:322,93619,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Sorgor Last Name Facts

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

Sorgor is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorgor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,471,719th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname Sorgor is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sorgor reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 322,936. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nandi County, where 39 percent reside, Uasin Gishu County, where 36 percent reside and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 24 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sorngor928/
Soror915,412/
Sorghour861/
Sorour8346,241/
Soroor831,564/
Souror83719/
Sorhor8333/
Zorgor8328/
Sorore8326/
Sorgar8324/
Sorror8324/
Sargor8311/
Jorgor839/
Sororr839/
Shoror832/
Sorzor831/
Surgor830/
Sourour771,939/
Sorgard7771/
Schoror7721/
Shorore773/
Sorrour771/
Sargore771/
Sourore771/
Shuoror771/
Shorour771/
Sorrore771/
Sorar73259/
Zoror7330/
Xoror731/
Shoorour7194/
Sorgaard7171/
Schorror713/
Shurgour712/
Shoruorh711/
Sourrour711/
Sororová711/
Souroure711/
Shorgard710/
Sargar6720,763/
Sargur67124/
Sourar6757/
Zorgar6752/
Sorare6727/
Sergar6712/
Surgar6712/
Choror6710/
Cargor677/
Sorghardt676/
Zargor671/
Sohrar671/
Sharghour671/
Cergor670/
Shorar670/
Corgar670/

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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 Sorgor
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