Sobam Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Sobam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sobam (55) may also be a first name.
Sobam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobam (Hindi: सोबाम, Marathi: सोबम) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sobam.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobam? popularity and diffusion
Sobam is the 3,323,005th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Sobam are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 86 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Sobam is also the 1,336,256th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 55 people.
The surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Western, where 53 percent are found and Gulf, where 43 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobam in the Marathi language | ||
| सोबम | sobama | - |
| Sobam in the Hindi language | ||
| सोबाम | sobama | 50 |
| सोबम | sobama | 50 |
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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 Sobam
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