Şora
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Şora is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area.
- KRSouth Korea≈1 in 1.6Kas 소라(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 79Kas Zora
- AUAustralia≈1 in 209K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Şora itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Korea (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 171 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 209K (inferred from the name graph)
≈33,000 named 소라, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sora in US United States, AU Australia, SE Sweden and 1 more, 소라 in KR South Korea and Sola in ES Spain.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area.
Sources 8
- Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
- The African book of names
- Digital Pāḷi Dictionary
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
- Wiktionary
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Şora counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR South Korea | #297 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | 소라 | 69 |
| HR Croatia | — | 4,589as Zora | 1 in 921 | 4.6K | — | — |
| US United States | — | 4,188as Zora | 1 in 79K | 4.1K | Sora | 171 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 761as Zora | 1 in 2.8K | 761 | — | 1 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 447K | — | Sora | 14 |
| SE Sweden | — | 177as Zora | 1 in 58K | 177 | Sora | 7 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 209K | 3 | Sora | 55 |
| ES Spain | — | 74 | 1 in 676K | 16K | Sola | 15 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given names; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Şora mean, and where does it come from?
- Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area. Recorded by Dizionario dei cognomi italiani and The African book of names and 6 other sources.
- In which country does Şora have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named 소라 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Şora?
- In Spain, the national register counted 74 people named Şora, about 1 in 676 thousand residents.
- How common is Şora compared with other names?
- In South Korea, Şora is the 297th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Şora” — the 297th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.