Sofan Surname
Approximately 4,094 people bear this surname
Sofan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,528 | 1:86,551 | 9,078 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,431 | 1:21,562 | 2,950 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Pakistan | 243 | 1:735,160 | 10,826 |
| Colombia | 192 | 1:248,823 | 5,387 |
| Romania | 167 | 1:120,227 | 13,267 |
| Turkey | 40 | 1:1,945,536 | 68,232 |
| United Arab Emirates | 39 | 1:234,930 | 15,673 |
| India | 27 | 1:28,409,829 | 361,298 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Jordan | 6 | 1:1,473,740 | 19,539 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Şofan (1) & Sofán (1) are calculated separately.
Sofan (3,908) may also be a first name.
Sofan Demographics
Average Sofan Salary in
United States
$50,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sofan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sofan (Arabic: صوفان, Bengali: সোফান, Hindi: सोफान, Marathi: सोफान, Russian: Софан) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can appear as: Şofan or Sofán. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 113,057th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,780,055 people. Sofan occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Sofan are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 38 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 112,049th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 3,908 people.
The surname Sofan is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,528 people, or 1 in 86,551. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Central Java, where 48 percent are found, East Java, where 25 percent are found and Jakarta, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Indonesia it occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 35 percent are found and Egypt, where 7 percent are found.
Sofan Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Sofan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 35.36% less than the national average, earning $14,675,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sofan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sofan in the Bengali language | ||
| সোফান | sophana | - |
| Sofan in the Hindi language | ||
| सोफान | sophana | 71.43 |
| सोफन | sophana | 28.57 |
| Sofan in the Marathi language | ||
| सोफान | sophana | 57.14 |
| सोफन | sophana | 35.71 |
| सोपान | sopana | 7.14 |
| Sofan in the Russian language | ||
| Софан | sofan | - |
| Sofan in the Arabic language | ||
| صوفان | swfan | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Sofan
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