--with neuropathies described as "sensorimotor" in which the sensory component is considerably greater than the motor component.

Such a situation implies some compromise of a large, myelinated nerve (or nerves) that contain(s) both sensory (mechanical touch, vibration, position sense) and motor fibers. In such nerves, the sensory nerves tend to be more around the periphery of the nerve trunk (think telephone cable) and the motor fibers more to the center, so if the insult to the nerve involves a compressive component, the sensory tracts tend to be affected first, and to a greater extent.

And yes, people are different, individual to individual. Neuropathy symptoms that involve the small fibers are by definition sensory (and sometimes autonomic). Those that involve larger myelinated fibers can be sensory, motor, or mixed. A lot depends on the cause of the neuropathic insult.