Sofia Forename
656th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,237,617 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna
Sofia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 151,201 | 1:821 | 164 |
| Greece | 100% | 138,705 | 1:79 | 14 |
| Brazil | 100% | 88,768 | 1:2,413 | 367 |
| Spain | 100% | 74,343 | 1:626 | 120 |
| Portugal | - | 68,230 | 1:153 | 35 |
| Angola | 100% | 51,150 | 1:527 | 96 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 47,680 | 1:4,076 | 613 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 47,321 | 1:1,116 | 236 |
| Morocco | 100% | 38,024 | 1:903 | 175 |
| Peru | 100% | 35,194 | 1:903 | 177 |
| United States | 100% | 33,177 | 1:10,927 | 1,137 |
| Argentina | 100% | 29,626 | 1:1,444 | 243 |
| Mozambique | - | 29,279 | 1:930 | 199 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 26,730 | 1:9,651 | 1,328 |
| Sweden | 100% | 24,081 | 1:409 | 69 |
| Philippines | 99% | 22,652 | 1:4,680 | 795 |
| Russia | 99% | 21,335 | 1:6,760 | 308 |
| Uganda | 99% | 20,940 | 1:1,956 | 299 |
| Colombia | 100% | 18,216 | 1:2,623 | 345 |
| Chile | 100% | 15,969 | 1:1,103 | 208 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 15,067 | 1:704 | 177 |
| Kenya | 100% | 13,143 | 1:3,523 | 589 |
| Italy | 100% | 11,401 | 1:5,356 | 464 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 11,148 | 1:6,622 | 769 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 11,037 | 1:1,459 | 302 |
| Germany | 100% | 10,219 | 1:9,461 | 681 |
| Ecuador | - | 9,758 | 1:1,817 | 313 |
| India | 100% | 8,915 | 1:136,273 | 15,416 |
| Moldova | 100% | 8,871 | 1:401 | 92 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 8,842 | 1:5,146 | 193 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 8,706 | 1:18,316 | 2,116 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6,781 | 1:4,454 | 595 |
| England | 100% | 5,439 | 1:10,223 | 803 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5,439 | 1:1,331 | 331 |
| Ethiopia | 75% | 5,433 | 1:17,957 | 2,384 |
| Honduras | 100% | 5,059 | 1:1,743 | 304 |
| Namibia | - | 4,840 | 1:497 | 87 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4,831 | 1:2,159 | 353 |
| El Salvador | - | 4,725 | 1:1,342 | 224 |
| Cuba | - | 4,629 | 1:2,486 | 370 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4,381 | 1:20,977 | 1,590 |
| Zambia | - | 4,237 | 1:3,742 | 580 |
| Thailand | 99% | 4,197 | 1:16,694 | 2,412 |
| France | 100% | 4,050 | 1:16,412 | 823 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3,892 | 1:3,963 | 651 |
| Finland | 100% | 3,672 | 1:1,493 | 302 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3,495 | 1:1,722 | 340 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 3,328 | 1:1,030 | 189 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,147 | 1:9,676 | 1,107 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,136 | 1:1,520 | 298 |
| Algeria | 100% | 2,931 | 1:13,025 | 963 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,687 | 1:12,331 | 1,336 |
| Romania | 100% | 2,668 | 1:7,516 | 641 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,564 | 1:12,017 | 1,694 |
| Panama | 100% | 2,407 | 1:1,623 | 328 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 2,154 | 1:15,146 | 1,310 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 2,154 | 1:14,293 | 1,552 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2,101 | 1:4,513 | 190 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,980 | 1:89,679 | 5,250 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1,913 | 1:455 | 78 |
| Somalia | - | 1,875 | 1:7,214 | 805 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,819 | 1:29,979 | 3,657 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1,754 | 1:4,775 | 726 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 1,668 | 1:10,640 | 898 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,432 | 1:11,803 | 1,343 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,339 | 1:2,275 | 487 |
| Poland | 98% | 1,319 | 1:28,830 | 928 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,183 | 1:9,713 | 1,060 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1,140 | 1:9,348 | 435 |
| Niger | 96% | 997 | 1:19,242 | 1,422 |
| Denmark | - | 843 | 1:6,702 | 685 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 803 | 1:10,229 | 1,012 |
| Armenia | 100% | 772 | 1:3,781 | 522 |
| Austria | 100% | 667 | 1:12,765 | 710 |
| Haiti | 100% | 644 | 1:16,657 | 1,473 |
| Norway | 100% | 520 | 1:9,870 | 876 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 504 | 1:4,878 | 614 |
| Fiji | - | 489 | 1:1,825 | 504 |
| Australia | - | 470 | 1:29,059 | 1,763 |
| China | - | 443 | 1:3,083,647 | 49,343 |
| Qatar | 100% | 401 | 1:5,909 | 951 |
| Ghana | 100% | 393 | 1:68,667 | 3,308 |
| Estonia | 100% | 328 | 1:4,010 | 661 |
| Jordan | 100% | 276 | 1:31,981 | 1,305 |
| New Zealand | - | 270 | 1:16,800 | 1,416 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 236 | 1:30,305 | 2,953 |
| Malawi | 100% | 233 | 1:73,443 | 4,317 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 229 | 1:59 | 21 |
| Cape Verde | - | 222 | 1:2,384 | 393 |
| Georgia | 96% | 222 | 1:16,840 | 1,306 |
| Belize | 100% | 191 | 1:1,855 | 419 |
| Scotland | 100% | 169 | 1:31,659 | 1,236 |
| Benin | 100% | 161 | 1:65,688 | 4,714 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 160 | 1:34,205 | 662 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 151 | 1:3,735 | 460 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 150 | 1:54,349 | 5,252 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 134 | 1:26,495 | 1,034 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 132 | 1:180,073 | 16,784 |
| Ireland | 100% | 126 | 1:36,853 | 1,379 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Oman | - | 112 | 1:36,685 | 2,211 |
| Latvia | - | 89 | 1:22,648 | 971 |
| Wales | 100% | 87 | 1:35,567 | 1,472 |
| Brunei | - | 84 | 1:4,995 | 505 |
| Turkey | 100% | 84 | 1:926,211 | 9,566 |
| Singapore | 100% | 82 | 1:76,671 | 7,094 |
| Japan | - | 78 | 1:1,640,847 | 18,245 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 76 | 1:2,050 | 472 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 70 | 1:75,858 | 885 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 69 | 1:29,565 | 3,451 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 64 | 1:3,000 | 565 |
| Azerbaijan | 97% | 58 | 1:166,258 | 5,824 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 57 | 1:122,638 | 3,950 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 45 | 1:10,570 | 338 |
| Tunisia | - | 45 | 1:15,042 | 1,266 |
| Hong Kong | - | 44 | 1:176,198 | 3,174 |
| Hungary | 100% | 44 | 1:222,540 | 1,131 |
| South Korea | 100% | 44 | 1:126,010 | 5,872 |
| Iraq | 100% | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Israel | 100% | 38 | 1:221,129 | 6,491 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 38 | 1:157,192 | 8,523 |
| Myanmar | - | 36 | 1:1,443,008 | 744 |
| Croatia | 100% | 33 | 1:127,790 | 2,783 |
| Jamaica | - | 33 | 1:87,371 | 3,958 |
| Greenland | - | 27 | 1:2,088 | 367 |
| Iceland | 100% | 27 | 1:13,556 | 1,098 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Macau | - | 25 | 1:24,328 | 404 |
| Andorra | - | 23 | 1:3,604 | 361 |
| Serbia | 100% | 22 | 1:324,806 | 4,173 |
| Lithuania | - | 21 | 1:140,566 | 1,726 |
| Yemen | - | 21 | 1:1,252,226 | 3,331 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Iran | - | 17 | 1:4,617,463 | 18,600 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 17 | 1:1,357,408 | 36,328 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| Senegal | 100% | 17 | 1:857,727 | 8,623 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 17 | 1:80,083 | 6,047 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Vietnam | - | 15 | 1:6,174,874 | 3,722 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Burkina Faso | 92% | 13 | 1:1,413,805 | 35,544 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 12 | 1:20,285 | 1,106 |
| Kosovo | - | 12 | 1:155,120 | 6,935 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 12 | 1:48,413 | 2,992 |
| Congo | 67% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Lebanon | - | 11 | 1:511,597 | 6,402 |
| Bahamas | - | 9 | 1:44,374 | 1,233 |
| Guyana | 100% | 9 | 1:84,807 | 6,788 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Maldives | 100% | 7 | 1:61,986 | 1,836 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 7 | 1:90,654 | 2,656 |
| Nepal | - | 7 | 1:4,069,622 | 46,681 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Syria | - | 7 | 1:2,758,011 | 4,869 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 6 | 1:10,216 | 1,399 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 5 | 1:704,892 | 5,284 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Sofía (2,716), Sófia (2,432) & Sofiá (4) are calculated separately.
Sofia (91,522) may also be a surname.
Sofia Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: Wisdom.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Sofia is a female name of Greek origin, meaning 'wisdom'. Sofia is a variation of the Greek name Sophia, which was derived directly from the Greek word sophia, meaning 'wisdom'. It was the name of a Roman saint, the mother of faith, hope, and charity.
- sofiaa2098Sofia Forename Popularity
Sofia Demographics
Average Sofia Salary in
United States
$38,372 USD
Per year
Rank:
276,520 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00852104
Rank: 1,126 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
88.15%
Sample size: 18,306 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Sofia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sofia in the Russian language | ||
| Софиа | sofia | - |
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