# Sobral (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 188 |
| US rank (2010) | 96,799 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,642,264 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (163 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sobral 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sobral in Brazil and Argentina.

## People named Sobral

- Marta Sobral, Brazilian basketball player (born 1970)
- Leila Sobral, Brazilian basketball player (born 1974)
- Renato Sobral, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- José María Sobral, Argentine scientist (1880-1961)
- Nelson Gonçalves, Brazilian recording artist and singer

## Similar surnames

Spurlock, Spruill, Sperling, Spurlin, Sproul, Spurling, Sparling, Spruell, Sproles.

## 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.