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    The surname Sorge

    A surname, carried by 1,887 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S620

    Sorge: #15,508 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sorge #15,508, 1,887 people Sorge: #15,508 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sorge #15,508, 1,887 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sorge is more common than 90.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,887 people named Sorge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,617 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,660.

    #15,508
    rank among US surnames
    1,887
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,042)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,499Emert1,889163,444
    #15,503Shand1,888163,530
    #15,508Lucht1,887163,617

    Who is named Sorge

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

    91% of people named Sorge identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sorges

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Friedrich Sorge
      American communist (1828-1906)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sorge

    Sorge has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sorge?
    1,887 people in the United States had the surname Sorge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,617 Americans. It ranked 15,508th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sorge?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sorge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sorge?
    Friedrich Sorge, American communist (1828-1906).
    Where is the surname Sorge most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sorge in the Kingdom of Prussia.
    Is the surname Sorge getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,887 in 2010, up 14%.