Sorokin
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sorokin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 91st most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Russian Соро́кин (Sorókin).
- RURussia≈1 in 1.8Kas Сорокин(inferred from the name graph)
- BYBelarus≈1 in 4.7Kas Сорокин
- UAUkraine≈1 in 6.4Kas Сорокін
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 Sorokin 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.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 170 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈81,000 named Сорокин, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Сорокин in RU Russia, BY Belarus, UZ Uzbekistan and 1 more and Сорокін in UA Ukraine.
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)
Borrowed from Russian Соро́кин (Sorókin).
Sources 3
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sorokin 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #91 | ≈81,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Сорокин | 170 |
| UA Ukraine | #493 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Сорокін | 47 |
| BY Belarus | #237 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | — | Сорокин | 23 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Сорокин | 6 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Сорокин | 4 |
| PL Poland | — | 508 | 1 in 75K | 473 | Sorokin | 25 |
| EE Estonia | #439 | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 9K | 276 | Sorokin | 19 |
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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); the ee-stat-nimed register. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sorokin Ivanb. 1884RURussian revolutionary (1884–1918)
- Pitirim Sorokinb. 1889USRussian sociologist (1889-1968)
- Alexey Sorokinb. 1922RUSoviet admiral
- Peter Sorokinb. 1931USAmerican physicist (1931-2015)
- Stanislav Sorokinb. 1941RUboxer (1941–1991)
- Vladimir Sorokinb. 1955RURussian writer (born 1955)
- Pavel Sorokinb. 1963RURussian conductor
- Cotib. 1973ARnot in their usual nameArgentine recording artist; singer-songwriter
- Ruslan Sorokinb. 1979RURussian producer, screenwriter and director
- Anna Sorokinb. 1991RURussian-born German fraudster (born 1991)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 473 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 473 | #6,796 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 276 | #164 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 35 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 35 | #64,000 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 18 | #6,296 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sorokin mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Russian Соро́кин (Sorókin). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 1 other source.
- In which country does Sorokin have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 81 thousand people named Сорокин in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sorokin?
- In Poland, the national register counted 508 people named Sorokin in 2026, about 1 in 75 thousand residents.
- How common is Sorokin compared with other names?
- In Russia, Sorokin is the 91st most common surname of 1,952,411 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sorokinThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Sorokin” — the 91st most common surname in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.