Sorting Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Sorting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Sorting (28) may also be a first name.
Sorting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorting Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sorting is most common in Sweden. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorting? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Sorting live; 86 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 28 people.
It is most frequently held in Sweden, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 547,042. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 83 percent are found, Kronoberg County, where 11 percent are found and Västerbotten County, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Sweden it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 5 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.
Sorting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sorting has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sorting last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorting | 93 | 246 | / |
| Sortin | 92 | 17 | / |
| Schorting | 88 | 3 | / |
| Sarting | 86 | 164 | / |
| Sortina | 86 | 31 | / |
| Surting | 86 | 10 | / |
| Shortin | 86 | 3 | / |
| Serting | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sortind | 86 | 1 | / |
| Corting | 86 | 0 | / |
| Hjorting | 80 | 61 | / |
| Scarting | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sarthing | 80 | 3 | / |
| Shortina | 80 | 2 | / |
| Surthing | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cordting | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sharting | 80 | 0 | / |
| Sartin | 77 | 7,484 | / |
| Sorten | 77 | 21 | / |
| Zortin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Scherting | 75 | 113 | / |
| Scharting | 75 | 55 | / |
| Sortinova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shorten | 71 | 3,989 | / |
| Sartina | 71 | 898 | / |
| Carting | 71 | 289 | / |
| Shartin | 71 | 26 | / |
| Jarting | 71 | 22 | / |
| Chortin | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sarteng | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sartion | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sartuin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sarthin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sasrtin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zarting | 71 | 0 | / |
| Schorten | 67 | 65 | / |
| Charting | 67 | 3 | / |
| Saartina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shortten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shartion | 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 Sorting
- 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