Sobiya Surname
Approximately 1,305 people bear this surname
Sobiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1,215 | 1:147,032 | 4,031 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sobiya (85,700) may also be a first name.
Sobiya Demographics
Average Sobiya Salary in
South Africa
R 56,376
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sobiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sobiya (Bengali: সোবিয়া, Hindi: सोबिया, Marathi: सोिबया) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sobiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 292,829th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,584,326 people. The last name Sobiya is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sobiya reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 11,668th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 85,700 people.
The last name Sobiya is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,215 people, or 1 in 147,032. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 62 percent reside, Sindh, where 30 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Sobiya Last Name Statistics demography
Sobiya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.28% less than the national average, earning R 56,376 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobiya in the Bengali language | ||
| সোবিয়া | sobiya | - |
| Sobiya in the Hindi language | ||
| सोबिया | sobiya | 96.56 |
| सोबीया | sobiya | 2.29 |
| सोबईया | soba'iya | 0.19 |
| सौबिया | saubiya | 0.19 |
| सॉबिया | sobiya | 0.19 |
| सोविया | soviya | 0.19 |
| साबिया | sabiya | 0.19 |
| शोबिया | sobiya | 0.19 |
| Sobiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सोिबया | soibaya | 55.9 |
| सोबीया | sobiya | 40.37 |
| सैयद | saiyada | 0.62 |
| सोिबय | soibaya | 0.62 |
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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 Sobiya
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