The Sorel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 649 people carried this name — #34,801 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 5% from 685 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Sorel surname
Borrowed from French Sorel, nickname for a person with reddish hair.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sorel» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,705 people named Sorel.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 38 people named Sorel 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 West Flanders.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Sorel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Agnès Sorel 1422–1450 · lady-in-waiting -
Charles Sorel 1600–1674 · writer -
Albert Sorel 1842–1906 · writer -
Georges Sorel 1847–1922 · writer -
Cécile Sorel 1873–1966 · actor -
Grégoire Sorel 1739–1825 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sorel.
- Soprano 447 · U.S. census
- Sor 539 · U.S. census
- Sorce 943 · U.S. census
- Sordelet 193 · U.S. census
- Sordello 120 · U.S. census
- Sordi 160 · U.S. census
- Sorensen 28,069 · U.S. census
- Sorg 2,903 · U.S. census
- Sorge 1,887 · U.S. census
- Soria 14,477 · U.S. census
- Soriano 25,916 · U.S. census
- Sorin 280 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Sorel is.
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