View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States

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

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

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

The surname Soba is the 20,031^st most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 266,787 people. The last name 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 widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 23,832 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Japan, where it is borne by 6,678 people, or 1 in 19,144. In Japan Soba is most prevalent in: Akita Prefecture, where 13 percent are found, Tochigi Prefecture, where 12 percent are found and Niigata Prefecture, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Japan this last name exists in 85 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 24 percent are found and Angola, where 15 percent are found.

Soba Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Soba has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 22,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Soba Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Protestant (40%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Soba surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political 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.