How common is the surname Sorrentino?

4,956 people in the United States had the surname Sorrentino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,297 Americans. It ranked 6,805th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sorrentino?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sorrentino identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sorrentino?

Michael Sorrentino, American television personality, followed by Fernando Sorrentino.

Where is the surname Sorrentino most common?

Wikidata records people named Sorrentino in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Sorrentino getting more or less common?

About as common. 4,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,956 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Sorrentino

An Italian surname, carried by 4,956 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex S653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sorrentino is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

From Italian Sorrentino, from sorrentino (“Sorrentine”), ultimately from Latin Surrentum (“Sorrento”).

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,956 people named Sorrentino in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,297 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,954.

#6,805

rank among US surnames

4,956

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #6,333)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,798	Silvas	4,963	62,209
#6,799	Hostetter	4,960	62,247
#6,801	Shim	4,958	62,272
#6,805	Ballenger	4,956	62,297
#6,807	Benham	4,955	62,310
#6,808	Gilstrap	4,954	62,322

Who is named Sorrentino

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

93% of people named Sorrentino identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sorrentinos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Sorrentino
American television personality, born 1981
Fernando Sorrentino
Argentine writer, born 1942

Notable Sorrentinos come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sorrentino come from?: From Italian Sorrentino, from sorrentino (“Sorrentine”), ultimately from Latin Surrentum (“Sorrento”).
How common is the surname Sorrentino?: 4,956 people in the United States had the surname Sorrentino in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,297 Americans. It ranked 6,805th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sorrentino?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Sorrentino identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sorrentino?: Michael Sorrentino, American television personality, followed by Fernando Sorrentino.
Where is the surname Sorrentino most common?: Wikidata records people named Sorrentino in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Sorrentino getting more or less common?: About as common. 4,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,956 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.