Sorbán Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Sorbán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 126 | 1:159,348 | 16,645 |
| Hungary | 86 | 1:114,143 | 10,831 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Sorban (930), Sorbãn (1), Šorban (44) & Şorban (1) are calculated separately.
Sorbán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorbán Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sorbán is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Sorban, Sorbãn, Šorban or Şorban. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorbán? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sorbán is the 1,129,067th most frequently occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sorbán are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 59 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 159,348. In Romania it is most frequent in: Harghita County, where 98 percent live, Cluj County, where 1 percent live and Covasna County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Romania Sorbán exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 40 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorban | 94 | 930 | / |
| Sorbãn | 94 | 1 | / |
| Šorban | 89 | 44 | / |
| Şorban | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sorbon | 83 | 106 | / |
| Shorban | 77 | 862 | / |
| Sorbone | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sorband | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sorbajn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sorbonne | 71 | 40 | / |
| Schorbon | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sorbagne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schorban | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sourbone | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sourbean | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sarban | 67 | 4,423 | / |
| Sarbon | 67 | 86 | / |
| Sorbom | 67 | 35 | / |
| Schorbahn | 67 | 34 | / |
| Zorván | 67 | 22 | / |
| Zorbon | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sorvan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sorbotten | 67 | 7 | / |
| Zorban | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sărban | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sorbam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sorwan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sorvon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soruan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sourboune | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sorbán
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