Sobian Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Sobian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Sobian (149) may also be a first name.
Sobian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobian Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sobian (Arabic: سوبيان) is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sobian click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobian? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Sobian is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Sobian live; 34 percent live in Western Europe and 34 percent live in Germanic Europe. Sobian is also the 754,880th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 149 people.
The surname Sobian is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany Sobian is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 67 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 8 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and Poland, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobian Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobian in the Arabic language | ||
| سوبيان | swbyan | - |
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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 Sobian
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