Sobral Surname

11,880th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,313 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Sobral Surname User-submission:

Meaning of Sobral: cork oak forest (Portuguese).

Sobral Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil31,2661:6,847466
Portugal7,8981:1,319210
Angola5,1271:5,264734
Spain9901:47,2244,460
Argentina6111:69,9565,940
France5341:124,38718,898
United States2531:1,432,64498,450
Switzerland1191:69,0168,291
Uruguay611:56,2586,129
Mozambique491:556,3591,404
England461:1,211,26256,182
Germany451:1,789,010101,917
Canada381:969,62173,252
Chile361:489,34612,617
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
São Tomé and Príncipe261:6,824491
Venezuela251:1,208,16317,203
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Belize11:355,4743,977
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211

Sobral (139) may also be a first name.

Sobral Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Meaning of Sobral: cork oak forest (Portuguese).

- Luis Miguel Ribeiro Sobral

Sobral Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sobral (Arabic: سوبرال, Hindi: सोबरल) occurs most in Brazil. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sobral? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,880th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 154,028 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Sobral reside; 68 percent reside in South America and 66 percent reside in Luso-South America. Sobral is also the 784,558th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 139 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 31,266 people, or 1 in 6,847. In Brazil Sobral is most common in: São Paulo, where 26 percent are found, Pernambuco, where 16 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent are found. Barring Brazil this last name is found in 57 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 17 percent are found and Angola, where 11 percent are found.

Sobral Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sobral surname are 44.07% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 97.3% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sobral earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.87% less than the national average, earning R 81,108 per year; in United States they earn 19.18% more than the national average, earning $51,427 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.55% less than the national average, earning $46,430 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sobrail922/
Sobrral921/
Sobraal921/
Sobrasl921/
Sobreal921/
Sabral83102/
Cobral8350/
Sovral832/
Subral831/
Sebral831/
Jobrail7716/
Subrail777/
Cobrall776/
Sabrald771/
Scabral771/
Sabrail771/
Sebrall770/
Sabrallh716/
Sahabral711/
Jobralph711/
Jasbrall710/
Cabral67458,386/
Zebral67266/
Zabral677/
Jabral675/
Savral673/
Zubral671/
Sawral671/
Sabrol671/
Subralova671/
Cábral671/

Sobral Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sobral in the Hindi language
सोबरलsobarala-
Sobral in the Arabic language
سوبرالswbral-

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