Sobah Surname
Approximately 3,102 people bear this surname
Sobah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,105 | 1:119,683 | 12,067 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Maldives | 312 | 1:1,295 | 141 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Iran | 48 | 1:1,599,636 | 62,090 |
| Liberia | 46 | 1:95,838 | 7,727 |
| Jamaica | 33 | 1:86,968 | 3,873 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Sobah (1,024) may also be a first name.
Sobah Demographics
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Sobah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sobah (Arabic: سبح, Marathi: सोबाह) occurs most in Indonesia. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 143,453rd most commonly held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,349,306 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 71 percent of Sobah reside; 36 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 36 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 250,845th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 1,024 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,105 people, or 1 in 119,683. In Indonesia Sobah is most numerous in: West Java, where 40 percent live, Central Java, where 22 percent live and East Java, where 18 percent live. Besides Indonesia Sobah exists in 27 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 23 percent live and Togo, where 14 percent live.
Sobah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sobah are 16.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70% registered to vote for the political party.
Sobah earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.37% less than the national average, earning $37,812 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobah in the Marathi language | ||
| सोबाह | sobaha | 50 |
| शोभा | sobha | 50 |
| Sobah in the Arabic language | ||
| سبح | sbh | - |
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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 Sobah
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