Soffor Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Soffor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Soffor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Soffor (3) may also be a first name.

Soffor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Soffor Come From? nationality or country of origin

Soffor occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Soffor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,742,229th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Soffor live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 7,463,778th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 3 people.

The surname Soffor is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Soffor is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sofford9217/
Soffort923/
Sofor9124/
Soofford861/
Shoffoer861/
Shofford861/
Suofford860/
Soffar831,804/
Shofor8352/
Saffor8320/
Sofore8312/
Joffor833/
Sofort833/
Sohfor833/
Soufor832/
Szofor831/
Siofor831/
Soforr830/
Shofforth800/
Safford774,174/
Saffour771,195/
Saffore77327/
Shaffor7768/
Choffor7728/
Shofore7711/
Coffour776/
Soforth773/
Shoford772/
Saffoor772/
Scaffor771/
Sheffor771/
Sosford771/
Szoforz771/
Shofour770/
Saffort770/
Schouffoer7522/
Sofar73245/
Safor73160/
Cofor7372/
Sofur7365/
Sefor7358/
Jofor733/
Zofor731/
Shafford71188/
Choffour7117/
Satfford714/
Soforowa714/
Soforova713/
Sapfford713/
Sawfford712/
Choffort711/
Schaffor711/
Shouford711/
Sgaffoor711/
Shaffore711/
Shotford711/
Souffeur711/
Shooford710/
Schoffar710/
Shoffard710/
Shaeffor710/
Safforth710/
Ssafford710/
Saffordd710/
Shaffort710/
Sasfford710/
Saffar679,444/
Seffar675,469/
Chofor67893/
Shofar67698/
Safore67577/
Seefor67488/
Sefoor67292/
Safour67285/
Safoor67231/
Shafor67230/
Chouffour6737/
Schoufour6729/
Schafforz6727/
Safort6716/
Soufar6715/
Jaffor6710/
Saford679/
Sofare677/
Schafford676/
Southford675/
Zaffor672/
Schaeffor672/
Joffar672/
Saffur672/
Sahfor672/
Seforh672/
Safoir671/
Sophor671/
Shefor671/
Shaufford671/
Zoefor671/
Shoforowa671/
Caffor671/
Soofar671/
Souhtfort671/
Suifor671/
Soyfur671/
Safoer671/
Saforz671/
Safhor671/
Szafor671/
Cofour671/
Sheffhour670/
Coffar670/
Saufor670/

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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 Soffor
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