Šorc Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Šorc Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šorc Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia451:55,2828,759
Croatia51:845,72148,179

The alternate forms: Sorc (19) & Sorč (51) are calculated separately.

Šorc Last Name Facts

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

Šorc is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Sorc or Sorč. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šorc? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,746,821st most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šorc are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most common in Slovenia, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 55,282. In Slovenia Šorc is primarily concentrated in: Littoral-Inner Carniola, where 96 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 2 percent are found and Gorizia, where 2 percent are found. Barring Slovenia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Croatia, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sorc9219/
Sorč8351/
Šarc75208/
Šurc7568/
Šorcová734/
Sorci671,635/
Szorc67763/
Sorch6756/
Zorch679/
Shorc671/
Sorcz671/
Zohrc671/
Hsorc671/
Sorck670/
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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 Šorc
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