Sortor Surname

505,580th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sortor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sortor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6421:564,57846,424
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1041:482,87234,278

Sortor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sortor is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sortor.

How Common Is The Last Name Sortor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 505,580th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 11,228,884 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Sortor are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 642 people, or 1 in 564,578. In The United States it is primarily found in: Michigan, where 21 percent live, Missouri, where 8 percent live and Utah, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Sortor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sortor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sortor surname grew 617 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sortor Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sortor are 4.21% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.98% being registered to vote for the party.

Sortor earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.04% less than the national average, earning $40,543 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sortore92298/
Shortor922/
Sartor8319,481/
Sortur8395/
Cortor8336/
Sortar8315/
Sertor832/
Shorthort801/
Sartore776,151/
Sertour7764/
Surtour7761/
Scortar7711/
Sartour778/
Shurtor775/
Sartorr771/
Seertor771/
Sartorp771/
Soortar771/
Sorture771/
Sartorh771/
Sartoor771/
Sartorz771/
Sarttor771/
Cortour770/
Shortur770/
Courtor770/
Sortare770/
Sartortt7143/
Sarthour7119/
Sartorph710/
Schurtor710/
Cartor67233/
Sartar6744/
Jortar6737/
Surtar6727/
Surtur6718/
Zartor6711/
Sartur676/
Zertor675/
Cortar671/

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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 Sortor
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis