Sortier Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Belarus

Sortier Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sortier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Sortier Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sortier is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sortier? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Sortier live; 63 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in Canada, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 12,281,864. In Canada it is primarily concentrated in: Quebec, where 67 percent reside and Alberta, where 33 percent reside. Outside of Canada it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Belarus, where 13 percent reside.

Sortier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sortier has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sortier last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Sortier
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