Svoba Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Svoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Svoba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe981:157,53319,794
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Švoba (58) are calculated separately.

Svoba Last Name Facts

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

Svoba (Russian: Своба) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Švoba. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svoba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Svoba is the 1,785,358th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The surname Svoba occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Svoba reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 157,533. In Zimbabwe Svoba is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 45 percent are found, Bulawayo Province, where 15 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 15 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Belarus, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Švoba9358/
Svobas911/
Svobach831/
Svova801,306/
Swoba8040/
Svába8036/
Svaba8035/
Svowa8028/
Sboba805/
Svobo804/
Suoba802/
Sveba801/
Shvaba73147/
Suobai73135/
Svatba7343/
Svabas7341/
Svovah7324/
Szwoba7310/
Svosva734/
Shuoba731/
Svaeba731/
Svoiva731/
Svosvai67136/
Schwoba678/
Shvabas672/
Suhobat671/

Svoba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Svoba in the Russian language
Свобаsvoba-

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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 Svoba
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