Sobek Surname
Approximately 5,324 people bear this surname
Sobek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1,860 | 1:20,435 | 3,059 |
| Germany | 1,065 | 1:75,592 | 9,560 |
| United States | 948 | 1:382,341 | 33,740 |
| Czechia | 754 | 1:14,103 | 2,043 |
| Slovakia | 367 | 1:14,541 | 2,029 |
| Austria | 53 | 1:160,669 | 21,171 |
| Belgium | 35 | 1:328,476 | 37,084 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Serbia | 20 | 1:357,247 | 16,776 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Šobek (33) & Sobék (1) are calculated separately.
Sobek (61) may also be a first name.
Sobek Demographics
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Sobek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobek (Hindi: सोबेक, Russian: Собек) is borne by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Šobek or Sobék. For other potential spellings of Sobek click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobek? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sobek is the 90,066th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,368,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Sobek are found; 56 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 56 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,257,960th most widely held given name on earth, held by 61 people.
It is most frequent in Poland, where it is carried by 1,860 people, or 1 in 20,435. Barring Poland this surname is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.
Sobek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sobek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sobek last name grew 31,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sobek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sobek surname is predominantly Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Sobek surname are 10.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.34% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sobek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.71% more than the national average, earning $45,612 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.19% more than the national average, earning $49,775 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobek in the Hindi language | ||
| सोबेक | sobeka | - |
| Sobek in the Russian language | ||
| Собек | sobek | - |
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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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- 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 Sobek
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