Sori Surname
Approximately 21,036 people bear this surname
Sori Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 7,566 | 1:12,893 | 1,855 |
| India | 3,165 | 1:242,359 | 14,127 |
| Indonesia | 2,808 | 1:47,097 | 5,309 |
| Burkina Faso | 2,190 | 1:8,380 | 824 |
| Cuba | 1,198 | 1:9,618 | 847 |
| Zimbabwe | 450 | 1:34,307 | 5,284 |
| Kenya | 432 | 1:106,898 | 9,202 |
| United States | 323 | 1:1,122,164 | 80,931 |
| Ivory Coast | 322 | 1:71,650 | 4,007 |
| Dominican Republic | 254 | 1:41,075 | 2,198 |
| Papua New Guinea | 253 | 1:32,228 | 3,738 |
| Tanzania | 246 | 1:215,210 | 18,004 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Thailand | 225 | 1:313,948 | 54,096 |
| Niger | 215 | 1:89,265 | 3,776 |
| Malaysia | 184 | 1:160,295 | 9,877 |
| Pakistan | 141 | 1:1,266,978 | 14,818 |
| Taiwan | 138 | 1:169,889 | 1,487 |
| France | 74 | 1:897,604 | 104,173 |
| Italy | 69 | 1:886,329 | 66,402 |
| Japan | 68 | 1:1,880,063 | 27,024 |
| Vietnam | 64 | 1:1,447,595 | 2,080 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Solomon Islands | 43 | 1:13,489 | 2,481 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Finland | 17 | 1:323,335 | 23,349 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 1:796,678 | 5,462 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Sorí (6) & Šori (5) are calculated separately.
Sori (33,315) may also be a first name.
Sori Demographics
Sori Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sori Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sori Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sori (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺭﻯ, Hindi: सोरी, Marathi: सोरी, Oriya: େସାରୀ, Russian: Сори, Tibetan: སོ་རི་) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Sorí or Šori. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sori? popularity and diffusion
It is the 25,614th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 346,432 people. The surname Sori occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Sori are found; 39 percent are found in East Africa and 36 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 25,681st most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 33,315 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 7,566 people, or 1 in 12,893. Other than Ethiopia Sori is found in 89 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 13 percent live.
Sori Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sori has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 4,038 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sori Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sori surname is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Sori surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Sori earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 14.26% less than the national average, earning €25,748 per year; in Norway they earn 26.73% less than the national average, earning 253,577 kr per year and in United States they earn 3.36% more than the national average, earning $44,598 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sori Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sori in the Marathi language | ||
| सोरी | sori | 99.29 |
| शोरी | sori | 0.47 |
| Sori in the Tibetan language | ||
| སོ་རི་ | sori | 95.45 |
| སོ་རི | sori | 4.55 |
| Sori in the Hindi language | ||
| सोरी | sori | 85.06 |
| सोड़ी | sori | 4.6 |
| सोर्इ | sor'i | 3.45 |
| सूरी | suri | 3.45 |
| श्वरी | svari | 1.15 |
| शोरी | sori | 1.15 |
| सॉरी | sori | 1.15 |
| Sori in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﺭﻯ | swry | 50 |
| ﺳﻮﺭ | swr | 50 |
| Sori in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାରୀ | esari | 48.57 |
| େସାରି | esari | 38.57 |
| େଶାରୀ | esari | 8.12 |
| େଶାରି | esari | 4.35 |
| େସୗରୀ | esari | 0.19 |
| ସରି | sari | 0.06 |
| େଷାରୀ | esari | 0.06 |
| ସୋସି | sosi | 0.06 |
| Sori in the Russian language | ||
| Сори | sori | - |
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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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- 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 Sori
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