Sobra Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Sobra Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 125 | 1:531,382 | 73,029 |
| Lebanon | 92 | 1:61,273 | 4,653 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Italy | 40 | 1:1,528,917 | 81,534 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Šobra (19) & Sobrá (2) are calculated separately.
Sobra (1,365) may also be a first name.
Sobra Demographics
Sobra Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sobra Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobra Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sobra (Hindi: सोबरा, Russian: Собра) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Šobra or Sobrá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobra? popularity and diffusion
It is the 653,013th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 15,773,909 people. The surname Sobra occurs predominantly in Asia, where 42 percent of Sobra live; 29 percent live in West Asia and 27 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 212,105th most numerous given name internationally, borne by 1,365 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 531,382. In France Sobra is most frequent in: Grand Est, where 30 percent reside, Occitanie, where 26 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 14 percent reside. Excluding France it occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 20 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Sobra Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sobra has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sobra last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sobra Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sobra Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sobra in the Hindi language | ||
| सोबरा | sobara | 98.67 |
| सॉबरा | sobara | 0.44 |
| सोब्रा | sobra | 0.44 |
| Sobra in the Russian language | ||
| Собра | sobra | - |
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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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- 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 Sobra
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