Sorrentino surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Sorrentino surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,954 people carried this name — #6,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

459 people named Sorrentino live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lucerne 100
Ticino 64
Zurich 49
Vaud 45
Aargau 39
Valais 32
Geneva 30
Schwyz 25

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 446 people named Sorrentino.

Most of them — 253 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 253
Bouches-du-Rhône 118
Essonne 22
Hérault 11
Seine-Saint-Denis 6
Rhône 4
Nord 4
Paris 4
Hauts-de-Seine 3

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 97 people named Sorrentino 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 Limburg.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Limburg 32
Liège 28
Hainaut 20
Brussels-Capital 10
West Flanders 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Sorrentino in American newspapers,
1902–1958.

Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Sorrentino
Rock Island Argus 1902-10-15
Newspaper page from El Imparcial carrying the name Sorrentino
El Imparcial 1919-10-21
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-Courier carrying the name Sorrentino
The Telegraph-Courier 1920-01-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,245 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sorrentino,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tommaso Sorrentino
    Tommaso Sorrentino 1830– · lawyer
  • Lamberti Sorrentino
    Lamberti Sorrentino 1899–1993 · photographer
  • Alberto Sorrentino
    Alberto Sorrentino 1916–1994 · actor
  • Fernando Sorrentino
    Fernando Sorrentino 1942– · writer
  • Domenico Sorrentino
    Domenico Sorrentino 1948– · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 109 lives in all are documented under this name.

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