Sobodu Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Sobodu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sobodu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1121:1,581,63259,341
England491:1,137,10353,999
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Sobodu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sobodu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sobodu is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sobodu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,281,391st most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sobodu are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 112 people, or 1 in 1,581,632. In Nigeria Sobodu is primarily found in: Lagos, where 63 percent are found, Ogun, where 20 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shobodu923/
Sobodou922/
Sebodu8339/
Sobudu832/
Sabodu831/
Sobedu831/
Souboudou8017/
Sobedou778/
Shobadu773/
Soubadou71177/
Saboudou7119/
Sompodou711/
Sabodous711/
Soiwodou711/
Sabudu67502/
Sabadu6790/
Sooboodoo6732/
Sebadu679/
Zouboudou673/
Sompoudou673/
Subadu673/
Sebedu671/
Jabodu671/

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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 Sobodu
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