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 Male Soroka Height
176.11 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Soroka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soroka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soroka (Georgian: სოროკა, Russian: Сорока) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Soroka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soroka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,720th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 165,131 people. The last name Soroka is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Soroka live; 84 percent live in Eastern Europe and 78 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 25,543 people, or 1 in 1,782. In Ukraine it is most common in: Lviv Oblast, where 11 percent reside, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 8 percent reside and Donetsk Oblast, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Ukraine this last name occurs in 66 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 17 percent reside and Belarus, where 9 percent reside.
Soroka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Soroka surname is principally Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus, Orthodox (83%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (74%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Soroka are 14.32% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 61.09% registered to vote for 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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