Sortan Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Sortan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sortan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1081:185,90618,848
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Şortan (38) are calculated separately.

Sortan (30) may also be a first name.

Sortan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sortan (Hindi: सोरतन) is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Şortan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sortan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sortan is the 1,736,881st most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Sortan is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Sortan live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,911,214th most common first name in the world It is held by 30 people.

This last name is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 185,906. In Romania it is most frequent in: Hunedoara County, where 94 percent live, Alba County, where 4 percent live and Sălaj County, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Romania Sortan is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.

Sortan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sortan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sortan surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Şortan9438/
Sortant9269/
Scortan9251/
Shortan9216/
Sortain9210/
Sortane929/
Sortaan924/
Sorthan921/
Soortan921/
Soortaan861/
Shortgan860/
Cortan831,133/
Sorton83693/
Sartan83473/
Surtan83270/
Sertan83224/
Jortan8318/
Zortan832/
Sortam831/
Shorthand801/
Sartain774,896/
Shartan77395/
Sarıtan77114/
Surtain7766/
Sertain7763/
Surtane7734/
Shorton7733/
Serttan7731/
Sarthan7727/
Cortain7724/
Jorthan7720/
Chortan7717/
Sartang7710/
Corthan778/
Shertan778/
Surthan777/
Zortamn775/
Sartaan773/
Scartan772/
Sortong772/
Scorton772/
Sourton771/
Surtang771/
Sorrton771/
Sortein771/
Sartane771/
Sartant771/
Surrtan771/
Coortan770/
Shortanova7526/
Scourton7116/
Sartaine7115/
Sorthong7111/
Courthan719/
Shatrtan718/
Sarthang712/
Sarteant712/
Schartan711/
Sahrtaan711/
Sarttain711/
Zorthain711/
Scartain711/
Schertan711/
Corthean710/
Scertain710/
Schorton710/
Courtean710/
Sarteane710/
Corton673,050/
Cartan671,465/
Certan671,214/
Sarton67988/
Sartam67503/
Serton67171/
Scherthan67122/
Surtam6745/
Cortón6730/
Zartan6716/
Sartanova6712/
Sourtoing6710/
Jartan678/
Zorton677/
Zertan677/
Surton675/
Jortam675/
Surtanova673/
Jorton673/
Schartain671/
Sharteand671/
Sahartang671/
Chourtane671/
Schortgon670/
Sortom670/

Sortan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sortan in the Hindi language
सोरतनsoratana83.33
सोर्तनsortana16.67

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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 Sortan
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