Sorkness Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Sorkness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sorkness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
Norway211:244,87126,357
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Sorkness Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sorkness is found most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sorkness.

How Common Is The Last Name Sorkness? popularity and diffusion

Sorkness is the 1,231,034th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Sorkness reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 2,183,488. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Washington, where 17 percent live, North Dakota, where 11 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Besides The United States Sorkness occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 11 percent live and Colombia, where 1 percent live.

Sorkness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sorkness has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,371 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sorkness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sorkness surname are 15.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.9% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sorkness earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 2.43% less than the national average, earning 337,678 kr per year and in United States they earn 3.14% more than the national average, earning $44,504 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sorknes93146/
Sherkness8248/
Sharkness8226/
Sorkner801/
Sherknies711/
Serknis673/
Sherknis6310/
Sharknis634/
Sarknay531/
Sharkna531/

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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 Sorkness
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