Sobotta Surname
Approximately 4,343 people bear this surname
Sobotta Surname User-submission:
Origins from Opoloskie, Poland, means 'Saturday' in Polish. In German, this last name is thought to be connected to the word sobe, an old German term referring to a person who drinks a lot. This ties in to the Polish meaning, since the traditional German day for drinking was Saturday.
Read More About This SurnameSobotta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,535 | 1:22,774 | 3,016 |
| United States | 600 | 1:604,098 | 49,133 |
| Poland | 107 | 1:355,222 | 39,815 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Sobotta Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Origins from Opoloskie, Poland, means 'Saturday' in Polish. In German, this last name is thought to be connected to the word sobe, an old German term referring to a person who drinks a lot. This ties in to the Polish meaning, since the traditional German day for drinking was Saturday.
In America, most people with this last name can trace their ancestry back to Thomas Sobotta (1845-1927) and Bajotta 'Beata' Waldera (1856-1918) who had 17 children in Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. The last name can be found in the name of many businesses in Arcadia to this day.
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Average Sobotta Salary in
United States
$48,728 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sobotta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobotta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sobotta is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobotta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 107,452nd most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,677,998 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Sobotta live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 3,535 people, or 1 in 22,774. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent reside, Bavaria, where 13 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Poland, where 2 percent reside.
Sobotta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sobotta surname are 12.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Sobotta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.52% less than the national average, earning 247,369 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.93% more than the national average, earning $48,728 USD per year and in Canada they earn 69.19% more than the national average, earning $84,058 CAD per year.
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