Sorma Surname
Approximately 1,872 people bear this surname
Sorma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,172 | 1:135,970 | 5,321 |
| India | 420 | 1:1,826,346 | 64,592 |
| Turkey | 157 | 1:495,678 | 28,259 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Šorma (64) are calculated separately.
Sorma (1,631) may also be a first name.
Sorma Demographics
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Sorma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sorma (Arabic: سورمي, Hindi: सोरमा, Marathi: सोरमा, Russian: Сорма) is found in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Šorma. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 218,739th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,892,920 people. Sorma occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Sorma reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 63 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sorma is also the 191,023rd most commonly used first name globally, held by 1,631 people.
It is most widely held in Bangladesh, where it is held by 1,172 people, or 1 in 135,970. Apart from Bangladesh this surname is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent live and Turkey, where 8 percent live.
Sorma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sorma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sorma last name rose 360 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sorma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sorma are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the party.
Sorma earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.13% less than the national average, earning $41,800 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sorma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sorma in the Marathi language | ||
| सोरमा | sorama | - |
| Sorma in the Hindi language | ||
| सोरमा | sorama | 77.78 |
| सोर्मा | sorma | 22.22 |
| Sorma in the Russian language | ||
| Сорма | sorma | - |
| Sorma in the Arabic language | ||
| سورمي | swrmy | - |
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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 Sorma
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