Sofar Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Sofar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 121 | 1:1,092,969 | 78,869 |
| Malaysia | 37 | 1:797,141 | 36,924 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Šofár (27) are calculated separately.
Sofar (566) may also be a first name.
Sofar Demographics
Average Sofar Salary in
United States
$43,656 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sofar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sofar (Hindi: सोफर, Marathi: सोफर, Russian: Софар) occurs most in Indonesia. It may also be found as a variant: Šofár. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,028,911th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname Sofar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Sofar live; 67 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 352,783rd most common forename on earth. It is borne by 566 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 1,092,969. In Indonesia Sofar is most frequent in: East Java, where 45 percent live, Banten, where 25 percent live and Central Java, where 13 percent live. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 15 percent live and Qatar, where 13 percent live.
Sofar Last Name Statistics demography
Sofar earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $43,656 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sofar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sofar in the Hindi language | ||
| सोफर | sophara | - |
| Sofar in the Marathi language | ||
| सोफर | sophara | 85.71 |
| सोफार | sophara | 14.29 |
| Sofar in the Russian language | ||
| Софар | sofar | - |
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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 Sofar
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