Sofei Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Sofei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 182 | 1:110,318 | 12,370 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Şofei (20) are calculated separately.
Sofei (45) may also be a first name.
Sofei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sofei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲ) is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Şofei. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,181,191st most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Sofei live; 91 percent live in Eastern Europe and 91 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 45 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Romania, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 110,318. In Romania it is most frequent in: Gorj County, where 63 percent are found, Dolj County, where 20 percent are found and Timiș County, where 17 percent are found. Beside Romania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sofei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sofei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲ | alswfy | - |
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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 Sofei
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