# Sobotka (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sobotka/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,261 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,899 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 244,842 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (1,283 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Sobotka.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sobotka in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sobotka in Austria.

## People named Sobotka

- Wolfgang Sobotka, Austrian politician

## Similar surnames

Spitzer, Spitz, Spotts, Spates, Spatz, Savidge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.