Sarofa Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Sarofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sarofa (1,004) may also be a first name.
Sarofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sarofa (Bengali: সরোফা, Hindi: सरोफा, Marathi: सरोफा) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarofa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Sarofa is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Sarofa live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 253,918th most common first name at a global level It is held by 1,004 people.
The surname Sarofa is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 94 people, or 1 in 1,406,906. In Indonesia Sarofa is primarily found in: East Java, where 74 percent reside, Aceh, where 9 percent reside and Central Kalimantan, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia Sarofa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarofa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarofa in the Bengali language | ||
| সরোফা | saropha | - |
| Sarofa in the Hindi language | ||
| सरोफा | saropha | - |
| Sarofa in the Marathi language | ||
| सरोफा | saropha | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sarofa
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