Sofelea Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Sofelea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 93 | 1:215,891 | 21,129 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Şofelea (20) are calculated separately.
Sofelea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofelea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sofelea is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Şofelea. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofelea? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,918,812th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sofelea reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 215,891. In Romania it is primarily found in: Ilfov County, where 63 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 37 percent are found. Aside from Romania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Sofelea
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