Sobreira Surname

30,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Sobreira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sobreira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil15,8021:13,547735
Portugal1,0851:9,602837
France2601:255,47239,438
Spain1431:326,93719,176
Philippines411:2,469,225130,198
Mexico371:3,354,76224,142
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
England51:11,143,612252,590
China21:683,660,78330,601
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Sobreira (11) may also be a first name.

Sobreira Last Name Facts

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

Sobreira is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sobreira? popularity and diffusion

It is the 30,546th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 416,908 people. The last name Sobreira is primarily found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Sobreira live; 90 percent live in South America and 90 percent live in Luso-South America. Sobreira is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

The last name Sobreira is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is carried by 15,802 people, or 1 in 13,547. In Brazil Sobreira is primarily found in: Ceará, where 21 percent are found, São Paulo, where 17 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 11 percent are found. Besides Brazil this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 6 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Sobreira Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sobreira earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 38.43% more than the national average, earning R 328,968 per year; in United States they earn 20.65% less than the national average, earning $34,238 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.69% more than the national average, earning $53,006 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soubreira9425/
Sobreiras9410/
Sobrera931,054/
Sobrira935/
Sobreiro882,830/
Sobreyra88169/
Sobriera8847/
Sabreira885/
Soubrera884/
Subreira883/
Cobreira883/
Sovreira881/
Sobreiros8240/
Soubreiro8217/
Sobrierai821/
Sobrero803,662/
Sabrera80633/
Cobrera8016/
Subrera806/
Sebrera804/
Sobriro802/
Subrira801/
Sobrara801/
Cobreiro7547/
Sowriraj752/
Subreiro752/
Sobreros752/
Zebreira751/
Saabrera751/
Subriera751/
Sobriero751/
Sabreray750/
Saubriera711/
Cabrera671,116,506/
Sebrero67388/
Cebrera67295/
Subrero67228/
Cabrira6774/
Cobrero6767/
Zabrera679/
Sabrere676/
Sabrero674/
Çabrera671/
Zabrira671/
Xabrera671/
Sobréro671/
Sobraro670/

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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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  • 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 Sobreira
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