Sob Surname
Approximately 2,642 people bear this surname
Sob Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,709 | 1:12,153 | 1,643 |
| Ivory Coast | 232 | 1:99,445 | 5,178 |
| Iraq | 141 | 1:248,381 | 5,326 |
| Russia | 98 | 1:1,470,643 | 101,259 |
| Lebanon | 51 | 1:110,531 | 6,285 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Taiwan | 43 | 1:545,227 | 4,074 |
| Latvia | 33 | 1:62,123 | 9,312 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Cambodia | 19 | 1:815,113 | 5,006 |
| Ukraine | 17 | 1:2,677,806 | 165,194 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Nepal | 6 | 1:4,746,826 | 12,065 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
The alternate forms: Šob (44) are calculated separately.
Sob (864) may also be a first name.
Sob Demographics
Average Sob Salary in
United States
$34,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sob Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sob Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sob (Arabic: صوب, Bengali: সোব, Hindi: सोब, Marathi: सोब, Russian: Соб) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Šob. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sob? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sob is the 164,227th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,758,344 people. The last name Sob is primarily found in Africa, where 70 percent of Sob live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Sob is also the 276,958th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 864 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,709 people, or 1 in 12,153. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 32 percent reside, West Region, where 25 percent reside and Centre Region, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 63 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent reside and Iraq, where 5 percent reside.
Sob Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Sob surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Syriac Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
Sob earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.04% less than the national average, earning $34,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šob | 89 | 44 | / |
| Sobh | 86 | 47,082 | / |
| Soeb | 86 | 2,076 | / |
| Soib | 86 | 806 | / |
| Soub | 86 | 182 | / |
| Sohb | 86 | 160 | / |
| Sobt | 86 | 140 | / |
| Shob | 86 | 76 | / |
| Soyb | 86 | 48 | / |
| Soob | 86 | 37 | / |
| Siob | 86 | 26 | / |
| Sobs | 86 | 17 | / |
| Sgob | 86 | 17 | / |
| Suob | 86 | 3 | / |
| Jsob | 86 | 3 | / |
| Scob | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sjob | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hsob | 86 | 1 | / |
| Xsob | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zsob | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sobz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sotb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sojb | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shoeb | 75 | 12,211 | / |
| Sobhh | 75 | 6,479 | / |
| Shoib | 75 | 4,037 | / |
| Shobh | 75 | 3,856 | / |
| Schob | 75 | 894 | / |
| Shoub | 75 | 390 | / |
| Shoob | 75 | 250 | / |
| Shoyb | 75 | 70 | / |
| Soubh | 75 | 49 | / |
| Sobht | 75 | 45 | / |
| Scoob | 75 | 13 | / |
| Ssgob | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sobsz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soobs | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shosb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sohyb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jscob | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soihb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shohb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Scoub | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hsoyb | 75 | 1 | / |
| Soubz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Sow | 67 | 1,076,990 | / |
| Job | 67 | 71,216 | / |
| Sab | 67 | 35,403 | / |
| Sub | 67 | 13,384 | / |
| Cob | 67 | 8,138 | / |
| Sop | 67 | 8,021 | / |
| Seb | 67 | 2,307 | / |
| Sof | 67 | 1,102 | / |
| Schoeb | 67 | 514 | / |
| Zob | 67 | 332 | / |
| Sov | 67 | 332 | / |
| Schoob | 67 | 205 | / |
| Sobova | 67 | 170 | / |
| Schoub | 67 | 46 | / |
| Shobsh | 67 | 43 | / |
| Sobowa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Shoobs | 67 | 22 | / |
| Schobs | 67 | 17 | / |
| Xob | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sshobh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shobch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suohyb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sh'oib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shohyb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seeoub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jshobh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohshb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shobhh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schobz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seeoob | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shoubs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Süb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sáb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shoebh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shhoib | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schobt | 67 | 0 | / |
Sob Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sob in the Bengali language | ||
| সোব | soba | - |
| Sob in the Hindi language | ||
| सोब | soba | - |
| Sob in the Marathi language | ||
| सोब | soba | - |
| Sob in the Russian language | ||
| Соб | sob | - |
| Sob in the Arabic language | ||
| صوب | swb | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sob
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