Sorokin Family History
Sorokin Name Meaning
Russian and Jewish (from Belarus): patronymic from a nickname based on soroka ‘magpie’ denoting a garrulous or thievish person or someone with a streak of white among black hair. In the case of the Jewish surname it is normally an artificial name one of the many taken from the names of birds. It is formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022