Sobai Surname
Approximately 617 people bear this surname
Sobai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Syria | 119 | 1:162,193 | 3,800 |
| Nigeria | 110 | 1:1,610,389 | 60,100 |
| Pakistan | 48 | 1:3,721,748 | 27,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Sobai (1,587) may also be a first name.
Sobai Demographics
Sobai Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sobai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobai (Bengali: সোবাই, Hindi: सोबाई, Marathi: सोबाई, Oriya: େସାବାଇ) is most common in Morocco. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 525,631st most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,811,258 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Sobai live; 35 percent live in North Africa and 35 percent live in Mahgreb. Sobai is also the 194,108th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 1,587 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Excluding Morocco this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 percent live.
Sobai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Sobai earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.14% less than the national average, earning R 189,780 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobai in the Bengali language | ||
| সোবাই | soba'i | - |
| Sobai in the Hindi language | ||
| सोबाई | soba'i | 86.32 |
| सोबई | soba'i | 11.58 |
| सोबाइ | soba'i | 1.05 |
| सोबइ | soba'i | 1.05 |
| Sobai in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାବାଇ | esaba'i | 84.62 |
| େସାବାଈ | esaba'i | 7.69 |
| େଶାବାଇ | esaba'i | 7.69 |
| Sobai in the Marathi language | ||
| सोबाई | soba'i | 66.67 |
| सोबई | soba'i | 33.33 |
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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 Sobai
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