Sobeng Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Sobeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sobeng (174) may also be a first name.
Sobeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobeng is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobeng? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sobeng is the 2,372,517th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Sobeng reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sobeng is also the 692,220th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 174 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,134,393. In Malaysia it is most common in: Sarawak, where 85 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 8 percent live and Penang, where 4 percent live. Beside Malaysia this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 15 percent live and The Philippines, where 14 percent live.
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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 Sobeng
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