How common is the surname Soroka?

1,478 people in the United States had the surname Soroka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,894 Americans. It ranked 18,622nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Soroka?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Soroka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Soroka getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,478 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Soroka

An Ukrainian surname, carried by 1,478 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Soroka is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

Ukrainian origin

From Ukrainian Сорока (Soroka), from сорока (soroka, “magpie”).

One of 22 Ukrainian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,478 people named Soroka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,894 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,486.

#18,622

rank among US surnames

1,478

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,483)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,614	Hayles	1,479	208,753
#18,622	Soroka	1,478	208,894

Who is named Soroka

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

98% of people named Soroka identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Two or more races 0.4%

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

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Surnames that sound like Soroka

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

Other Ukrainian surnames

All 22 Ukrainian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Soroka come from?: From Ukrainian Сорока (Soroka), from сорока (soroka, “magpie”).
How common is the surname Soroka?: 1,478 people in the United States had the surname Soroka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,894 Americans. It ranked 18,622nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Soroka?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Soroka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Soroka getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,486 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,478 in 2010, down 0.5%.