Last Name SORSBY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Scawsby, a hamlet in the parish of Brodsworth, near Doncaster, county York. William Scoresby, the great Arctic exploer, was son of William Scoresby, a whale-fisher, and born at Cropton, county York, October 5th, 1789.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 69,428 (2000 US census) 49,294 (1990 US census)
Count 264 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.85%, or 224 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.47%, or 25 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.79%, or 10 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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