How common is the surname Sorrow?

1,135 people in the United States had the surname Sorrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. It ranked 22,618th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sorrow?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sorrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sorrow getting more or less common?

More common. 1,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,135 in 2010, up 8.9%.

The surname Sorrow

A surname, carried by 1,135 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sorrow is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

Probably a calque of German Sorge (“sorrow”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,135 people named Sorrow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,042.

#22,618

rank among US surnames

1,135

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8.9%

change since 2000 (was #22,934)

Who is named Sorrow

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

94% of people named Sorrow identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sorrow

Sorrow has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

Where does the surname Sorrow come from?: Probably a calque of German Sorge (“sorrow”).
How common is the surname Sorrow?: 1,135 people in the United States had the surname Sorrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,023 Americans. It ranked 22,618th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sorrow?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sorrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sorrow getting more or less common?: More common. 1,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,135 in 2010, up 8.9%.