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
Average Soroka Salary in
United States
$48,881 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soroka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 12,720th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 165,131 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Soroka live; 84 percent live in Eastern Europe and 78 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Soroka is also the 1,566,439th most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 42 people.
The surname is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is carried by 25,543 people, or 1 in 1,782. In Ukraine Soroka is most frequent in: Lviv Oblast, where 11 percent live, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 8 percent live and Donetsk Oblast, where 7 percent live. Besides Ukraine this surname occurs 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 devotion 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 holding the Soroka last name are 14.32% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 61.09% registered with the 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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