Sobia Surname
Approximately 1,272 people bear this surname
Sobia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 740 | 1:241,411 | 5,508 |
| Philippines | 176 | 1:575,217 | 63,737 |
| India | 63 | 1:12,175,641 | 218,299 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Peru | 32 | 1:993,254 | 18,991 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Sobia (73,092) may also be a first name.
Sobia Demographics
Average Sobia Salary in
United States
$42,942 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sobia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobia (Arabic: سوبيا, Hindi: सोबिया, Marathi: सोिबया, Oriya: େସାବିଆ) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 299,135th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,729,203 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Sobia live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 13,381st most widely held first name globally, held by 73,092 people.
The surname Sobia is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 740 people, or 1 in 241,411. In Pakistan Sobia is mostly found in: Sindh, where 62 percent live, Punjab, where 31 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent live. Not including Pakistan it exists in 27 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Sobia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sobia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sobia last name grew 2,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sobia Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sobia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 55.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,618 per year and in United States they earn 0.48% less than the national average, earning $42,942 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobia in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାବିଆ | esabi'a | - |
| Sobia in the Hindi language | ||
| सोबिया | sobiya | 94.44 |
| सूबिआ | subi'a | 5.56 |
| Sobia in the Marathi language | ||
| सोिबया | soibaya | 71.43 |
| सोबीया | sobiya | 14.29 |
| शोबीया | sobiya | 7.14 |
| सॉबीअे | sobiae | 7.14 |
| Sobia in the Arabic language | ||
| سوبيا | swbya | - |
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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 Sobia
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