Sofawi Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Sofawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sofawi (38) may also be a first name.
Sofawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sofawi occurs most in Indonesia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofawi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,312,869th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sofawi are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sofawi is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 38 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 1,973,869. In Indonesia Sofawi is primarily found in: Central Java, where 67 percent live, East Java, where 31 percent live and West Java, where 1 percent live. Not including Indonesia Sofawi occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shofawi | 92 | 25 | / |
| Sofaawi | 92 | 14 | / |
| Soffawi | 92 | 9 | / |
| Shoufawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Safawi | 83 | 2,979 | / |
| Sefawi | 83 | 9 | / |
| Shafawi | 77 | 248 | / |
| Safawai | 77 | 5 | / |
| Saffawi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sofavij | 77 | 1 | / |
| Soufawa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shefawi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Safawui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sophawit | 71 | 201 | / |
| Shahfawi | 71 | 10 | / |
| Shafawie | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shaffawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safavi | 67 | 19,237 | / |
| Sefawe | 67 | 142 | / |
| Safawa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Zafawi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Safabi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Safawe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safawy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zefawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofowe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sofawi
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