Sorow Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Sorow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Sorow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sorow is found most in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sorow.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorow? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Sorow reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Sorow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sorow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sorow surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sorow
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