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 has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sorbah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorbah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sorbah is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Sorbah is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sorbah are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 229,828th most numerous given name globally It is held by 1,190 people.
The last name Sorbah is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia Sorbah is most common in: Montserrado County, where 63 percent reside, Lofa County, where 31 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 6 percent reside. Besides Liberia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 6 percent reside.
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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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