Sogabu Surname

265,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Sogabu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sogabu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan1,4541:87,9265,633
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452

Sogabu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sogabu is found in Japan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sogabu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sogabu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sogabu is the 265,540th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,947,417 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sogabu reside; 99 percent reside in East Asia and 99 percent reside in Nippono-Asia.

The last name is most prevalent in Japan, where it is held by 1,454 people, or 1 in 87,926. In Japan Sogabu is most prevalent in: Fukuoka Prefecture, where 20 percent are found, Chiba Prefecture, where 19 percent are found and Tokyo Metropolis, where 18 percent are found. Besides Japan this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Sogabu
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