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 carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sort? popularity and diffusion

It is the 394,201st most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 8,133,422 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Sort live; 37 percent live in Western Europe and 36 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,125,792nd most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 74 people.

The surname is most common in France, where it is carried by 325 people, or 1 in 204,378. In France it is most common in: Brittany, where 63 percent live, Île-de-France, where 14 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 8 percent live. Other than France this surname is found 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 incidence of Sort has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sort last name rose 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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