Sobova Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Sobova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 111 | 1:410,114 | 49,291 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Šobová (92) are calculated separately.
Sobova Demographics
Sobova Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sobova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sobova (Russian: Собова) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Šobová. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobova? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,321,499th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Sobova are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 90 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
Sobova is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 410,114. In Ukraine Sobova is most prevalent in: Cherkasy Oblast, where 43 percent live, Kiev, where 14 percent live and Donetsk Oblast, where 7 percent live. Other than Ukraine this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 29 percent live and Belarus, where 4 percent live.
Sobova Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobova in the Russian language | ||
| Собова | sobova | - |
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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 Sobova
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