Sorra Surname
Approximately 3,736 people bear this surname
Sorra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 1,604 | 1:1,817 | 300 |
| India | 1,362 | 1:563,190 | 27,583 |
| Philippines | 411 | 1:246,322 | 37,032 |
| United States | 116 | 1:3,124,646 | 180,867 |
| Greece | 88 | 1:125,907 | 21,051 |
| Italy | 34 | 1:1,798,726 | 86,050 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Sõrra (28) are calculated separately.
Sorra (233) may also be a first name.
Sorra Demographics
Average Sorra Salary in
United States
$46,940 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sorra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorra Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sorra (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺭﺍ, Hindi: सोर्रा, Marathi: सोर, Russian: Сорра) is carried by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Sõrra. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorra? popularity and diffusion
Sorra is the 122,400th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,950,628 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Sorra live; 45 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 43 percent live in Albano-Europe. It is also the 587,225th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 233 people.
It is most frequently held in Albania, where it is held by 1,604 people, or 1 in 1,817. In Albania Sorra is mostly concentrated in: Tirana County, where 91 percent reside, Dibër County, where 4 percent reside and Vlorë County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Albania this surname is found in 37 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent reside and The Philippines, where 11 percent reside.
Sorra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sorra has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sorra surname increased 5,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sorra Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sorra surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.
The amount Sorra earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $46,940 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.4% more than the national average, earning $59,320 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sorra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sorra in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﺭﺍ | swra | - |
| Sorra in the Hindi language | ||
| सोर्रा | sorra | - |
| Sorra in the Marathi language | ||
| सोर | sora | - |
| Sorra in the Russian language | ||
| Сорра | sorra | - |
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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 Sorra
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