Sor is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sor
No. of characters: 3
Origin: England
Meaning:

The lastname Sor is variant of Sore. A stag of four years old is called a sore, and of three a sorel; and so named from their colour. It has been explained as sub-rufus, nearly, or approaching to, red. Richardson.

Family name is a variant of Soar. A river of Leicestershire.

How popular is Sor?

Sor is common in India, Nigeria, United States, Turkey, Malaysia, Guatemala, France, Cambodia, Philippines, Pakistan.

Sor is ranked 77482 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sors grew by 26.53 per cent to 539 since 2000 and ranked 40554 after elevating 6390 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 83.86 83.57
Hispanic or Latino 5.94 3.29
White 4.45 6.1
Others 4.08 5.63
Black 1.67 1.41
Sor is quite popular family name mostly used in India however Guatemala lie ahead in terms of density. Around 6312 people have been found who wears Sor as their family name. Sor is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Sor:
18,273 India2,317
Countries with hundreds of Sor:
18,677 Nigeria514
60,819 United States461
15,785 Turkey353
6,089 Malaysia338
2,227 Guatemala333
32,050 France322
1,926 Cambodia272
53,590 Philippines236
16,639 Pakistan115
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,161 Taiwan90
103,724 Indonesia85
11,791 Israel83
9,935 Yemen80
9,381 Iraq58
190,094 Thailand52
22,106 Papua New Guinea51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,347 Iran49
67,975 Argentina38
10,086 Portugal38
6,884 Singapore34
158,567 Brazil32
50,501 Netherlands30
88,140 Canada30
26,409 Hungary26
9,079 Palestine24
14,824 Dominican Republic23
64,589 Australia23
91,802 England22
9,338 Burkina Faso21
72,236 Spain12
73,966 Belgium12
41,789 Mexico11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
266,530 Germany9
48,153 Egypt9
9,551 Syria9
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
43,419 Ivory Coast8
30,722 Moldova8
118,213 Italy7
40,014 New Zealand7
29,369 Liberia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Antony Sor worked as laborer while Margarethe Sor was Laborer and hailed from Germany. 9 years old Margarethe embarked for USA from Liverpool on Celtic and arrived on April 28, 1873.

Sor Namesakes

  • Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist and composer

Sor Namesakes

  • Fernando Sor, Spanish classical guitarist and composer

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