Sof Surname

334,874th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Suriname

Sof Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sof Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco3411:101,10317,469
Palestine1991:22,8593,450
Malaysia1691:174,52210,586
Pakistan891:2,007,23519,294
Turkey461:1,691,77062,957
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Suriname381:14,5433,502
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
Algeria301:1,287,71842,667
France131:5,109,440259,941
Taiwan121:1,953,72912,642
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
United States81:45,307,367917,113
India81:95,883,173728,828
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Sof (1,168) may also be a first name.

Sof Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sof Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sof (Arabic: صوف, Marathi: सोफ़) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sof? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sof is the 334,874th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 6,613,018 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Sof live; 35 percent live in North Africa and 34 percent live in Mahgreb. Sof is also the 232,444th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 1,168 people.

The last name Sof is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 341 people, or 1 in 101,103. Besides Morocco this surname occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 18 percent reside and Malaysia, where 15 percent reside.

Sof Last Name Statistics demography

Sof earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.29% less than the national average, earning $21,450 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Souf861,948/
Sofe861,754/
Soft86578/
Siof86384/
Soff86331/
Soof86247/
Soif8697/
Shof8696/
Szof8634/
Sopf8620/
Sowf866/
Scof864/
Soyf863/
Ssof863/
Zsof862/
Sofh862/
Sojf862/
Jsof861/
Sofp861/
Sohf861/
Sosf861/
Shoff752,047/
Soffe751,170/
Schof75112/
Shofe75105/
Suofe7584/
Shopf7571/
Shouf7549/
Sgoff7548/
Shoif7547/
Sopfe7537/
Soofe7527/
Szoff7526/
Szopf7511/
Shoof7510/
Sioff758/
Shoft755/
Søhof754/
Souft753/
Soufe753/
Shofs753/
Shohf753/
Szoft752/
Sosfh752/
Soiff751/
Soift751/
Souëf751/
Ssouf751/
Sohfe751/
Sooft751/
Jssof751/
Showf751/
Soofs751/
Scopf751/
Scoof751/
Scoff751/
Suoff751/
Soyfe750/
Sofft750/
Sow671,076,990/
Saf6750,983/
Schopf675,477/
Schoof674,719/
Sob672,642/
Schoff671,509/
Cof67467/
Sov67332/
Zof67283/
Souffe6782/
Xof6736/
Schofs6731/
Jof6726/
Shouff679/
Shoffe677/
Sofova676/
Shoofs675/
Shoufe674/
Sofowa673/
Schouf673/
Schofp673/
Shchof672/
Schotf671/
Shooff671/
Sottff671/
Soheef671/
Showfe670/
Shoffs670/

Sof Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sof in the Marathi language
सोफ़sofa-
Sof in the Arabic language
صوفswf-

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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 Sof
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