Sofeu Surname
Approximately 417 people bear this surname
Sofeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 414 | 1:50,167 | 6,570 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sofeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sofeu occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofeu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 704,927th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sofeu are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 414 people, or 1 in 50,167. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 34 percent live, West Region, where 31 percent live and Littoral Region, where 25 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Sofeu
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