Svoboda Surname

13,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42,685 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Svoboda Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian, Polish, Ukranian) Liberty or freedom.

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Svoboda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia26,5601:4004
United States8,2531:43,9185,380
Austria2,0351:4,184445
Russia1,3961:103,24012,660
Germany8521:94,49011,784
Canada4381:84,1229,355
Slovakia4321:12,3531,614
Australia3871:69,7568,270
Ukraine3421:133,10718,751
Croatia3371:12,5482,394
France2551:260,48140,169
Brazil2221:964,29934,285
Argentina2021:211,60117,444
Belarus1411:67,38311,107
England1311:425,32928,711
Switzerland901:91,25510,041
Kazakhstan611:289,87724,582
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Hungary411:239,42119,309
Sweden381:259,12517,909
Latvia351:58,5738,789
Romania291:692,34047,921
Thailand271:2,616,235275,741
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Ecuador191:837,15013,424
Denmark181:313,59522,770
Poland171:2,235,809104,965
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Serbia131:549,61120,712
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Norway81:642,78647,258
Guam81:20,0153,029
Slovenia81:310,95916,987
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Wales61:515,75523,171
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Bosnia and Herzegovina41:884,10015,259
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Transnistria31:158,23313,093
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
China21:683,660,78330,601
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1441:348,74126,729

Svoboda (657) may also be a first name.

Svoboda Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Czech-Slovakian, Polish, Ukranian) Liberty or freedom.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

(Slavic) Liberty, freedom. -ová denominates female surname.

- islib

This surname means: freeman, freedom.

- czmeelan

A Slavic name, meaning 'freedom'.

- anessa

Svoboda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Svoboda (Russian: Свобода) is found in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Svoboda click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Svoboda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 13,135th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 170,728 people. The last name Svoboda is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Svoboda live; 67 percent live in Eastern Europe and 63 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Svoboda is also the 323,942nd most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 657 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Czechia, where it is held by 26,560 people, or 1 in 400. In Czechia Svoboda is mostly found in: South Moravian Region, where 17 percent live, Central Bohemian Region, where 15 percent live and Prague, where 14 percent live. Barring Czechia this last name occurs in 85 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent live and Austria, where 5 percent live.

Svoboda Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Svoboda has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 5,731 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 13,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Svoboda Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia, Orthodox (71%) in Belarus and Orthodox (65%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Svoboda last name are 22.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.57% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Svoboda earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.82% less than the national average, earning 218,642 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 167.34% more than the national average, earning R 635,292 per year; in United States they earn 6.33% more than the national average, earning $45,880 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.87% more than the national average, earning $51,606 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szvoboda93449/
Swoboda8617,038/
Svobody86151/
Zvoboda8661/
Svaboda8639/
Suoboda8624/
Sboboda8620/
Svobada8612/
Svobode8610/
Sveboda868/
Svovoda865/
Svobodi861/
Svobodo861/
Svobeda861/
Szwoboda8011/
Swoboday8011/
Swojboda802/
Swooboda800/
Schwoboda7516/
Svobodets753/
Svobodych752/
Swaboda7171/
Zwoboda7147/
Swobody7131/
Zvobodo716/
Swobada716/
Svabada712/
Swobodo712/
Swowoda711/
Svabeda711/
Sweboda711/
Zuoboda711/
Swobodi710/
Swobeda710/
Sbobada710/
Zvoboder671/
Swoboder670/
Swobodey670/

Svoboda Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Svoboda in the Russian language
Свободаsvoboda-

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Svoboda Reference & Research

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