Sobain Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Sobain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sobain (57) may also be a first name.
Sobain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobain is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobain? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Sobain occurs mostly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Sobain live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 57 people.
It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,019,215. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 100 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 23 percent reside and Nepal, where 8 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sobain
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