The surname Sorrels
A surname, carried by 1,944 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S642
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,944 people named Sorrels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,820 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,943.
#15,163
rank among US surnames
1,944
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+0.1%
change since 2000 (was #14,182)
Who is named Sorrels
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Sorrels identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sorrels
Sorrels 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 Sorrels?
- 1,944 people in the United States had the surname Sorrels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,820 Americans. It ranked 15,163rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sorrels?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Sorrels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Sorrels getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,944 in 2010, up 0.1%.