Sobire Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Sobire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sobire (14) may also be a first name.
Sobire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sobire is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Sobire occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sobire reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
The last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kasese District, where 100 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Sobire
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