Sorry Surname
Approximately 1,309 people bear this surname
Sorry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 628 | 1:284,465 | 6,090 |
| Guinea | 215 | 1:55,041 | 703 |
| Indonesia | 158 | 1:837,020 | 63,356 |
| Tanzania | 67 | 1:790,173 | 42,439 |
| Burkina Faso | 36 | 1:509,781 | 7,011 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Seychelles | 18 | 1:5,133 | 784 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 1:12,955 | 1,460 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Sorry (2,922) may also be a first name.
Sorry Demographics
Average Sorry Salary in
England
£41,250
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Sorry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorry Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sorry (Arabic: عذرا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺭﻱ) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorry? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 292,126th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,567,262 people. Sorry is mostly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Sorry are found; 49 percent are found in South Asia and 48 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sorry is also the 134,306th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 2,922 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 628 people, or 1 in 284,465. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Sindh, where 44 percent live, Gilgit-Baltistan, where 17 percent live and Punjab, where 16 percent live. Beside Pakistan Sorry is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
Sorry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sorry has changed over time. In England it contracted 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sorry Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sorry in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﺭﻱ | swry | - |
| Sorry in the Arabic language | ||
| عذرا | dhra | - |
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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 Sorry
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