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Where Does The Last Name Soba Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Soba (Arabic: صوبا, Bengali: শোভা, Georgian: სობა, Hindi: सोबा, Marathi: सोबा, Oriya: େସାବା, Russian: Соба, Tibetan: སོ་བ་) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Šoba or Sobá. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Soba? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 20,031^st most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 266,787 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Soba reside; 27 percent reside in South Asia and 24 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 33,214^th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 23,832 people.

It is most prevalent in Japan, where it is borne by 6,678 people, or 1 in 19,144. In Japan it is most prevalent in: Akita Prefecture, where 13 percent live, Tochigi Prefecture, where 12 percent live and Niigata Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Beside Japan this last name occurs in 85 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 24 percent live and Angola, where 15 percent live.

Soba Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Soba has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Soba last name grew 22,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Soba Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Soba last name is principally Protestant (40%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Soba surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Soba earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.84% less than the national average, earning R 135,840 per year; in Colombia they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning $23,216,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 1.05% more than the national average, earning $43,601 USD per year.