The Sorce surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 943 people carried this name — #26,008 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted. That is down 4% from 979 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sorce surname
Nickname for someone thought to resemble a mouse, from sorce (“mouse”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sorce» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 187 people named Sorce live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Sorce.
Most of them — 40 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 41 people named Sorce live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Sorce live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Sorce,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ramona Sorce d. 2017
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Wayne Sorce 1946–2015 · photographer
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Giovanni Sorce 1969– · association football player
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Francesco Sorce 1974– · art historian
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Nathalie Sorce 1979– · singer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sorce.
- Sonntag 1,897 · U.S. census
- Sontag 2,134 · U.S. census
- Sonzogni 122 · U.S. census
- Sophie 157 · U.S. census
- Soprano 447 · U.S. census
- Sor 539 · U.S. census
- Sordelet 193 · U.S. census
- Sordello 120 · U.S. census
- Sordi 160 · U.S. census
- Sorel 649 · U.S. census
- Sorensen 28,069 · U.S. census
- Sorg 2,903 · U.S. census
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