Sort Surname

394,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Greenland

Sort Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3251:204,37831,769
Spain2471:189,27913,181
Denmark1981:28,5092,960
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Greenland71:8,054710
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sort (74) may also be a first name.

Sort Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sort Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sort (Hindi: सोरट, Marathi: सोरत) is found most in France. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sort? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 394,201st most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,133,422 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Sort reside; 37 percent reside in Western Europe and 36 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Sort is also the 1,125,792nd most common first name at a global level, borne by 74 people.

It is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 204,378. In France Sort is most common in: Brittany, where 63 percent live, Île-de-France, where 14 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 8 percent live. Aside from France it occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 28 percent live and Denmark, where 22 percent live.

Sort Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sort has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sort surname expanded 540 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sort Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sort earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 22.88% less than the national average, earning $33,275 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.77% less than the national average, earning $34,396 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Short89113,655/
Sorte898,697/
Soort89525/
Sohrt89308/
Sorth89231/
Sourt89171/
Sorts89104/
Scort8934/
Szort898/
Soert891/
Hsort890/
Sor866,312/
Shortt808,645/
Shorts803,170/
Schort80218/
Shorte80190/
Sorthe8096/
Scortt8034/
Shourt8032/
Soiret8012/
Sourte8012/
Shordt809/
Soorts802/
Sourth802/
Shorth801/
Soorth801/
Shorrt801/
Shortp801/
Shohrt801/
Soisrt801/
Szorte801/
Shuort800/
Shjort800/
Sore75105,040/
Sert7556,983/
Shor759,537/
Sour758,271/
Soor757,672/
Cort754,330/
Sohr751,612/
Sart751,483/
Szor75493/
Surt75356/
Zort75325/
Sior75261/
Soir75194/
Suor75146/
Jort75117/
Sorr7573/
Sorz7555/
Sorč7551/
Sord7547/
Sorh7546/
Sorø7516/
Sotr755/
Sosr753/
Soër753/
Ssor752/
Sgor751/
Sorp751/
Soyr751/
Shortte73216/
Schortz73135/
Sortova7367/
Shortts7320/
Shourts7311/
Schordt735/
Schortt734/
Schorth731/
Schorts731/
Shorrts731/
Sortsch731/
D'Short731/
Shorrtz730/
Schoert730/
Shore6726,738/
Sarte6710,724/
Hjort675,334/
Schor673,005/
Shour672,451/
Shoor671,738/
Sourd671,662/
Shorr671,390/
Jordt671,231/
Soire671,045/
Cordt67993/
Sorre67928/
Chort67654/
Sehrt67496/
Soure67450/
Saart67404/
Surte67382/
Sürth67375/
Shart67345/
Shortova67345/
Coort67279/
Soore67261/
Sohur67251/
Szert67149/
Shord67148/
Siart67144/
Siore67108/
Serth67107/
Siert67106/
Soord6788/
Sourp6769/
Surth6767/
Serdt6762/
Jorth6762/
Szohr6761/
Jorte6761/
Scart6759/
Sords6745/
Surtz6741/
Sértő6731/
Zorte6727/
Sarts6727/
Zortz6724/
Sarth6722/
Shoir6721/
Scord6719/
Sourr6719/
Sourh6718/
Sorhe6714/
Jourt6712/
Shert6710/
Sardt6710/
Cortt678/
Soorh678/
Soerd678/
Shurt677/
Seurt677/
Shorp676/
Szoor676/
Surtt676/
Sürdt676/
Sahrt675/
Saert675/
Saurt674/
Soyre674/
Soihr674/
Sasrt674/
Sartt673/
Szore673/
Zhort673/
Sorgy673/
Shuor673/
Soirh673/
Zoort673/
Szart673/
Soorr672/
Szhor672/
Shorh672/
Suord672/
Sothr672/
Zorth672/
Corrt672/
Suore672/
Jorts672/
Shhor672/
Soohr671/
Sootr671/
Shorz671/
Sousr671/
Sertt671/
Sgart671/
Hsart671/
Suotr671/
Jortt671/
Jortz671/
Zorzt671/
Zsortová671/
Sorcz671/
Sorzh671/
Souhr671/
Siorh671/
Siurt671/
Sjart671/
Souïr671/
Suurt671/
Giort671/
Corht671/
Sarrt671/
Surdt671/
Suhrt670/
Surts670/
Serht670/
Schoertt670/
Sordz670/
Soird670/
Joort670/
Shohr670/

Sort Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sort in the Marathi language
सोरतsorata-
Sort in the Hindi language
सोरटsorata50
सोरतsorata50

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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 Sort
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