Sortar Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Sortar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Sortar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sortar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sortar has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sortar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Sortar occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Sortar live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Sortar is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Sortar is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Sortar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sortar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sortar last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scortar | 92 | 11 | / |
| Soortar | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sortare | 92 | 0 | / |
| Sortor | 83 | 649 | / |
| Sartar | 83 | 44 | / |
| Jortar | 83 | 37 | / |
| Surtar | 83 | 27 | / |
| Cortar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shorthair | 80 | 68 | / |
| Courtar | 77 | 531 | / |
| Sortore | 77 | 298 | / |
| Shartar | 77 | 22 | / |
| Sarthar | 77 | 11 | / |
| Sartare | 77 | 9 | / |
| Joortar | 77 | 6 | / |
| Sarttar | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sertaur | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shertar | 77 | 2 | / |
| Shortor | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sartarr | 77 | 1 | / |
| Corthar | 77 | 0 | / |
| Shartaar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shurtgar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Surthaar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hjortare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Surthard | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sarthard | 71 | 0 | / |
| Cartar | 67 | 210 | / |
| Zartar | 67 | 49 | / |
| Cortor | 67 | 36 | / |
| Jartar | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sartarova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sheertahr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheertarr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shorthort | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sortar
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis