Sobe Surname
Approximately 3,024 people bear this surname
Sobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 410 | 1:180,194 | 18,301 |
| Germany | 313 | 1:257,206 | 27,662 |
| Ivory Coast | 298 | 1:77,420 | 4,244 |
| Tanzania | 227 | 1:233,223 | 19,155 |
| Cameroon | 224 | 1:92,719 | 11,093 |
| Turkey | 221 | 1:352,133 | 22,175 |
| Japan | 208 | 1:614,636 | 16,025 |
| South Africa | 198 | 1:273,625 | 27,113 |
| Papua New Guinea | 153 | 1:53,292 | 6,745 |
| Kenya | 140 | 1:329,856 | 20,127 |
| United States | 99 | 1:3,661,201 | 203,401 |
| Indonesia | 86 | 1:1,537,781 | 102,932 |
| Iran | 85 | 1:903,324 | 43,256 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Austria | 53 | 1:160,669 | 21,171 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Sobé (3) & Söbe (0) are calculated separately.
Sobe (1,183) may also be a first name.
Sobe Demographics
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Sobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sobe (Russian: Собэ) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Sobé or Söbe. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 146,568th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,409,903 people. The surname Sobe occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Sobe live; 19 percent live in Central Africa and 19 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 230,627th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 1,183 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 410 people, or 1 in 180,194. Barring The DR Congo this surname exists in 55 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 10 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found.
Sobe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sobe surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Sobe surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sobe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.07% less than the national average, earning R 85,392 per year and in United States they earn 8.22% less than the national average, earning $39,600 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobe in the Russian language | ||
| Собэ | sobe | - |
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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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- 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 Sobe
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