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    The surname Sorto

    A surname, carried by 6,523 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S630

    Sorto: #5,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sorto #5,337, 6,523 people Sorto: #5,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sorto #5,337, 6,523 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sorto is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,523 people named Sorto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,332 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,760.

    #5,337
    rank among US surnames
    6,523
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +73.5%
    change since 2000 (was #8,123)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,331Plank6,53447,252
    #5,333Morelli6,53247,267
    #5,335Corn6,52847,296
    #5,337Sorto6,52347,332
    #5,338Buell6,52247,339

    Who is named Sorto

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

    96% of people named Sorto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sorto

    Sorto has the Soundex code S630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sorto?
    6,523 people in the United States had the surname Sorto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,332 Americans. It ranked 5,337th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sorto?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sorto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sorto getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,523 in 2010, up 74%.