Sorbah Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Sorbah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Sorbah (1,190) may also be a first name.
Sorbah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorbah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sorbah occurs most in Liberia. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorbah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Sorbah is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sorbah live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Sorbah is also the 229,828th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 1,190 people.
The surname Sorbah is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia Sorbah is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 63 percent live, Lofa County, where 31 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 6 percent live. Outside of Liberia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 6 percent live.
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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 Sorbah
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