Sobczak Surname

13,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,957 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Sobczak Surname Definition:

(Polish) The son of the egotist.

Sobczak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland33,6681:1,12965
United States3,6471:99,38611,041
Germany8541:94,26911,767
France5971:111,26116,626
Brazil3311:646,75023,919
England2411:231,19519,235
Canada2171:169,79517,065
Australia601:449,92835,109
Sweden531:185,78812,836
Switzerland491:167,61115,447
Norway421:122,43516,038
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Ireland241:196,2068,013
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Wales101:309,45316,869
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Finland61:916,11741,832
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Palau11:21,643223
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
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The alternate forms: Sobczák (3) are calculated separately.

Sobczak Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish) The son of the egotist.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith
DNA test information
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Sobczak Demographics

Average Male Sobczak Height

177.29 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 59 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Sobczak Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sobczak Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sobczak is borne by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Sobczák. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sobczak.

How Common Is The Last Name Sobczak? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 13,957th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 182,385 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Sobczak live; 84 percent live in Eastern Europe and 84 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Poland, where it is held by 33,668 people, or 1 in 1,129. Other than Poland this surname is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.

Sobczak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sobczak last name are 3% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.23% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sobczak earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 27.09% less than the national average, earning 252,332 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.27% more than the national average, earning $48,445 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.43% more than the national average, earning $58,345 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sobczák953/
Sobczack9391/
Sobsczak931/
Sobczsak931/
Sobzak9288/
Sobcak928/
Sobchak861,356/
Sopczak86293/
Subczak8693/
Sobtzak8651/
Sobzack8642/
Sobzhak866/
Sabczak865/
Sobcsak864/
Sovczak862/
Zobczak862/
Sobczok861/
Sobczac861/
Sobczaková8211/
Sopczack8018/
Sobchack8014/
Sopcak77155/
Sabzak7714/
Sopzak7714/
Sobčak774/
Sobcakova7511/
Sopchak71402/
Subchak71141/
Supczak7162/
Sabchak7133/
Sobchag7116/
Zabczak719/
Sovchak719/
Sobtzac711/
Sobtšak711/
Sobczáková711/
Sopzack711/
Shabzak711/
Sopchack6711/
Saptczak677/
Sobchock674/
Sauvczak671/
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