So'brien Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

So'brien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

So'brien Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

So'brien Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name So'brien Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname So'brien is held by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name So'brien? popularity and diffusion

So'brien is the 5,391,485th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of So'brien reside; 69 percent reside in North America and 69 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in Canada, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 5,263,656. In Canada So'brien is mostly concentrated in: Alberta, where 100 percent live. Outside of Canada this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Trinidad and Tobago, where 31 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

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Sobrien9329/
Jo'brien883/
Co'brien881/
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Sobren861/
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Shobrin8014/
Sebrien809/
Sobrean804/
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Soobrin801/
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Sjobring7525/
Shobrina7524/
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Sobrayen754/
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Sjobrink751/
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Soobrayen71929/
Sebren71497/
Cobrin71161/
Sebrin71126/
Soobroyen71115/
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Sobrim7119/
Schobring7114/
Sabren719/
Sobrín718/
Sobrinova712/
Jobrin712/
Zobrin712/
Sovrin711/
Sobryn710/
Sabrina6714,462/
Sabreen6713,851/
Shabrin67395/
Sabrion67170/
Shovrin6739/
Jobring6721/
Sabring6717/
Jobrink679/
Saabrin678/
Säbrink676/
Sabrain676/
Shebrin673/
Jabrien672/
Siebren672/
Siebrin671/
Zebrien671/
Seebren671/
Shabren671/
Souvrin671/
Coubrin671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to So'brien
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