Soroka Surname
Approximately 44,132 people bear this surname
Soroka Surname Definition:
(from a personal characteristic) Soroka means “magpie” in Russian and was applied by the naming commission to a talkative person.
Soroka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 25,543 | 1:1,782 | 110 |
| Russia | 7,414 | 1:19,439 | 2,735 |
| Belarus | 3,884 | 1:2,446 | 210 |
| Poland | 2,454 | 1:15,488 | 2,264 |
| United States | 2,072 | 1:174,932 | 17,578 |
| Canada | 791 | 1:46,581 | 5,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 343 | 1:51,552 | 6,571 |
| Israel | 300 | 1:28,525 | 4,110 |
| Argentina | 165 | 1:259,051 | 20,901 |
| England | 130 | 1:428,600 | 28,863 |
| Slovakia | 92 | 1:58,005 | 11,195 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Latvia | 80 | 1:25,626 | 3,910 |
| Lithuania | 74 | 1:41,008 | 6,852 |
| Brazil | 56 | 1:3,822,756 | 105,432 |
| Turkmenistan | 56 | 1:98,020 | 1,979 |
| Uzbekistan | 54 | 1:572,762 | 12,592 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Australia | 50 | 1:539,914 | 40,287 |
| Estonia | 46 | 1:28,735 | 5,267 |
| Transnistria | 42 | 1:11,302 | 2,219 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 42 | 1:142,206 | 15,558 |
| Moldova | 36 | 1:98,927 | 11,954 |
| Paraguay | 27 | 1:268,028 | 4,505 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Tajikistan | 16 | 1:524,168 | 3,647 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Georgia | 9 | 1:416,172 | 16,412 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Soroka (42) may also be a first name.
Soroka Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from a personal characteristic) Soroka means “magpie” in Russian and was applied by the naming commission to a talkative person.
Soroka Demographics
Soroka Political Affiliation
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Soroka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soroka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soroka (Georgian: სოროკა, Russian: Сорока) occurs most in Ukraine. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soroka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soroka is the 12,720th most numerous family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,131 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Soroka reside; 84 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 78 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Soroka is also the 1,566,439th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name Soroka is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 25,543 people, or 1 in 1,782. In Ukraine Soroka is most common in: Lviv Oblast, where 11 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 8 percent live and Donetsk Oblast, where 7 percent live. Not including Ukraine this surname exists in 66 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 17 percent live and Belarus, where 9 percent live.
Soroka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus, Orthodox (83%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Soroka last name are 14.32% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 61.09% registered with the political party.
The amount Soroka earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 9.46% more than the national average, earning 378,834 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.28% more than the national average, earning $48,881 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.11% more than the national average, earning $50,235 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soroka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soroka in the Georgian language | ||
| სოროკა | soroka | - |
| Soroka in the Russian language | ||
| Сорока | soroka | - |
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