Sobočan Surname

391,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 905 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Sobočan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sobočan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia7651:3,252496
Croatia1371:30,8666,321
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Sobocan (160) & Soboćan (1) are calculated separately.

Sobočan Last Name Facts

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

Sobočan is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Sobocan or Soboćan. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sobočan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sobočan is the 391,109th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 8,052,537 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sobočan are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Slovenia, where it is borne by 765 people, or 1 in 3,252. In Slovenia it is most frequent in: Mura, where 68 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 12 percent are found and Drava, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Slovenia Sobočan occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 15 percent are found and Austria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sobocan95160/
Soboćan951/
Sobosan8622/
Sabočan866/
Sobochan8028/
Sobocian801/
Sobocean801/
Szobocsan7527/
Soobochan754/
Sabosan711,803/
Soboson718/
Çobozan712/
Sabocan711/
Subocan711/
Sooboochan711/
Sobhasan67666/
Soibacen671/

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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 Sobočan
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