The surname Sorrells
A surname, carried by 5,921 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S642
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,921 people named Sorrells in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,144 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,684.
#5,843
rank among US surnames
5,921
people in 2010
2.0
per 100,000 Americans
+4.2%
change since 2000 (was #5,599)
Who is named Sorrells
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Sorrells identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 78%
- Black (not Hispanic) 16%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sorrells
Sorrells has the Soundex code S642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S642.
Questions
- How common is the surname Sorrells?
- 5,921 people in the United States had the surname Sorrells in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,144 Americans. It ranked 5,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sorrells?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Sorrells identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sorrells getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,921 in 2010, up 4.2%.