Sobovets Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Sobovets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sobovets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine331:1,379,476113,823
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Sobovets Last Name Facts

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

Sobovets (Russian: Собовець) is found in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sobovets? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sobovets is the 3,323,005th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. Sobovets occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Sobovets live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 94 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 1,379,476. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Rivne Oblast, where 76 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 18 percent are found and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 3 percent are found. Besides Ukraine this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 3 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sobovitz7511/
Sobowits757/
Subovits756/
Zubovets755/
Sobovitch7118/
Zhabovets714/
Szabovits712/
Sobave711/
Sobovy711/
Sobovyi6771/
Sobovoi6741/
Sobovoy6719/
Sobouvi6716/
Sobovyy675/
Sobović673/
Sabavet673/
Sobovič672/
Sabovej671/
Shabove671/
Sobovic671/
Sobovaa671/

Sobovets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sobovets in the Russian language
Собовецьsobovec-

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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 Sobovets
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