How common is the surname Sorbo?

422 people in the United States had the surname Sorbo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 731,624 Americans. It ranked 49,723rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sorbo?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sorbo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Sorbo most common?

Wikidata records people named Sorbo in the United States.

Is the surname Sorbo getting more or less common?

Less common. 431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 422 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Sorbo

An Italian place surname, carried by 422 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S610

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sorbo is more common than 69.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Sorbo, from sorbo (“service tree”). * Borrowed from Norwegian Sørbø, a habitational surname from several farmsteads in Norway.

Sorbo is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 422 people named Sorbo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 731,624 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 431.

#49,723

rank among US surnames

422

people in 2010

0.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #46,523)

Who is named Sorbo

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

96% of people named Sorbo identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sorbos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kevin Sorbo
American actor, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sorbo

Sowerby

Sorbo has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sorbo come from?: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Italian Sorbo, from sorbo (“service tree”). * Borrowed from Norwegian Sørbø, a habitational surname from several farmsteads in Norway.
How common is the surname Sorbo?: 422 people in the United States had the surname Sorbo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 731,624 Americans. It ranked 49,723rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sorbo?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sorbo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sorbo?: Kevin Sorbo, American actor.
Where is the surname Sorbo most common?: Wikidata records people named Sorbo in the United States.
What type of surname is Sorbo?: Sorbo is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Sorbo getting more or less common?: Less common. 431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 422 in 2010, down 2.1%.