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 surname Sorry (Arabic: عذرا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺭﻱ) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorry? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sorry is the 292,126th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,567,262 people. The last name Sorry occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Sorry reside; 49 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 134,306th most common given name in the world. It is borne by 2,922 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 628 people, or 1 in 284,465. In Pakistan Sorry is most numerous in: Sindh, where 44 percent are found, Gilgit-Baltistan, where 17 percent are found and Punjab, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Pakistan Sorry occurs in 41 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 16 percent are found and Indonesia, where 12 percent are found.
Sorry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sorry has changed through the years. In England it fell 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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