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    The surname Sciortino

    An Italian surname, carried by 2,222 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex S635

    Sciortino: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sciortino #13,627, 2,222 people Sciortino: #13,627 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sciortino #13,627, 2,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sciortino is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    From Italian Sciortino, from Sicilian Sciurtinu, from Old Sicilian Xurtinu. Doublet of Sortino.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,222 people named Sciortino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,202.

    #13,627
    rank among US surnames
    2,222
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,822)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,622Wilmer2,224138,824
    #13,625Gauvin2,223138,887
    #13,627Shum2,222138,949

    Who is named Sciortino

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Sciortino identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Sciortino

    Sciortino has the Soundex code S635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S635.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sciortino come from?
    From Italian Sciortino, from Sicilian Sciurtinu, from Old Sicilian Xurtinu. Doublet of Sortino.
    How common is the surname Sciortino?
    2,222 people in the United States had the surname Sciortino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,949 Americans. It ranked 13,627th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sciortino?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sciortino identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Sciortino getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,222 in 2010, up 0.9%.