Sofana Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Sofana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 125 | 1:1,057,994 | 76,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Sofana (1,002) may also be a first name.
Sofana Demographics
Average Sofana Salary in
South Africa
R 86,568
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sofana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sofana (Arabic: سفانه, Hindi: सोफाना, Marathi: सोफाना, Russian: Софана) is most common in Indonesia. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,359,010th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Sofana live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sofana is also the 254,172nd most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 1,002 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 1,057,994. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Central Java, where 42 percent are found, West Java, where 25 percent are found and Jakarta, where 14 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent are found and South Africa, where 9 percent are found.
Sofana Last Name Statistics demography
Sofana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.57% less than the national average, earning R 86,568 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sofana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sofana in the Hindi language | ||
| सोफाना | sophana | - |
| Sofana in the Marathi language | ||
| सोफाना | sophana | 50 |
| सोफना | sophana | 50 |
| Sofana in the Russian language | ||
| Софана | sofana | - |
| Sofana in the Arabic language | ||
| سفانه | sfanh | - |
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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 Sofana
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