# Sorkin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sorkin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,114 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,963 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 277,150 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (1,074 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sorkin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sorkin in the United States.

## People named Sorkin

- Aaron Sorkin, American filmmaker (born 1961)
- Arleen Sorkin, American actress (1955–2023)
- Michael Sorkin, American architect (1948-2020)
- Andrew Ross Sorkin, American journalist and author (born 1977)

## Similar surnames

Sargent, Scroggins, Sergent, Sargeant, Sargsyan, Sergeant, Schrecengost, Saraceno, Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenegger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.