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) occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sobam is the 3,323,005th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Sobam occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Sobam live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 55 people.
Sobam is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea Sobam is mostly concentrated in: Western, where 53 percent are found and Gulf, where 43 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Sobam exists in 3 countries. It is also found 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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