Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Sobol

    A surname, carried by 1,374 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S140

    Sobol: #19,628 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sobol #19,628, 1,374 people Sobol: #19,628 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sobol #19,628, 1,374 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sobol is more common than 87.9% of them.

    Origin

    From Ukrainian соболь (sobolʹ, “sable”), Russian соболь (sobolʹ, “sable”), Polish soból (“sable”), or another Slavic language.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,374 people named Sobol in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.

    #19,628
    rank among US surnames
    1,374
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,447)

    Who is named Sobol

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Sobol identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sobols

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Spiridon Sobol
      Belarusian printer, 1580–1645

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Sobol

    Sobol has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sobol come from?
    From Ukrainian соболь (sobolʹ, “sable”), Russian соболь (sobolʹ, “sable”), Polish soból (“sable”), or another Slavic language.
    How common is the surname Sobol?
    1,374 people in the United States had the surname Sobol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. It ranked 19,628th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sobol?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Sobol identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Sobol?
    Spiridon Sobol, Belarusian printer.
    Where is the surname Sobol most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sobol in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    Is the surname Sobol getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,374 in 2010, down 0.6%.
    What are other spellings of Sobol?
    Sabol, Sobal and Sobel.