Sofi Surname

20,045th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Albania

Sofi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sofi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India15,1041:50,7863,498
Indonesia3,1241:42,3334,854
Egypt1,6471:55,8205,345
Morocco1,5341:22,4753,521
Malaysia1,0691:27,5902,421
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Italy4821:126,88120,662
DR Congo4791:154,23716,059
Pakistan4471:399,6517,539
Turkey3901:199,54214,679
Albania2291:12,7252,339
Greece2081:53,2688,820
France1581:420,39761,236
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
Iran741:1,037,60247,336
United Arab Emirates721:127,25410,508
Argentina691:619,47043,674
Algeria691:559,87838,350
Russia611:2,362,673139,353
Spain591:792,40732,853
Papua New Guinea571:143,04819,694
England531:1,051,28451,324
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Burkina Faso461:398,9596,181
Sweden381:259,12517,909
Qatar341:69,3536,725
Kosovo311:60,0604,317
Uganda291:1,346,18251,611
Austria291:293,63633,260
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Ethiopia251:3,901,85010,182
Niger211:913,90620,544
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Mauritania141:292,49012,957
Solomon Islands141:41,4318,080
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Kazakhstan71:2,526,071102,287
Norway61:857,04855,549
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
Georgia51:749,10921,598
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Jordan31:2,947,47921,051
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
China21:683,660,78330,601
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

The alternate forms: Sófi (95) & Sofí (1) are calculated separately.

Sofi (47,729) may also be a first name.

Sofi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sofi (Arabic: صوفي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲ, Hindi: सोफी, Russian: Софи) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Sófi or Sofí. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofi? popularity and diffusion

Sofi is the 20,045th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 267,012 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Sofi are found; 59 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 19,226th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 47,729 people.

This surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 15,104 people, or 1 in 50,786. In India Sofi is mostly concentrated in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 94 percent reside, Telangana, where 1 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Excluding India this last name exists in 91 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and Egypt, where 6 percent reside.

Sofi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Sofi surname are 35.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.24% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sofi earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 8.81% more than the national average, earning €32,677 per year; in Norway they earn 40.63% less than the national average, earning 205,484 kr per year and in United States they earn 4.26% more than the national average, earning $44,986 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sófi9295/
Sofí921/
Soufi8926,938/
Sofii893,134/
Soofi892,609/
Shofi892,286/
Sofio891,395/
Soffi89599/
Sofie89423/
Sodfi89379/
Sofis89303/
Sofei89201/
Sofih89132/
Siofi8969/
Sofai8948/
Soifi8945/
Soefi8920/
Sofit8920/
Sofid8917/
Sofiy8917/
Scofi8916/
Sohfi8916/
Sofij8914/
Sofyi8914/
Sofhi895/
Soyfi893/
Ssofi893/
Sosfi893/
Sofiz892/
Sojfi892/
Sofoi892/
Sopfi891/
Suofi891/
Sowfi891/
Sovfi891/
Sof'i891/
Shofii80911/
Souffi80752/
Soffih80553/
Soefie80170/
Sofich80154/
Shoffi80146/
Soufis80143/
Syofii80135/
Soofie80120/
Shoufi80112/
Sofiea80102/
Sohfie8090/
Shofie8049/
Soffio8046/
Soffie8042/
Sioffi8040/
Shohfi8033/
Sofaia8033/
Sofish8032/
Sohfii809/
Scoffi809/
Shofei808/
Shoofi808/
Soufie807/
Sofaid806/
Shoifi806/
Soffai806/
Soufei806/
Shofid805/
Soffei804/
Shofis803/
Schofi803/
Shofai802/
Soufai802/
Sofieh801/
Sooffi801/
Soofyi801/
Soosfi801/
Soufhi801/
Soufit801/
Sofist801/
Sofeit801/
Sofieț801/
Soyfui801/
Suofio801/
Suofiy801/
Sofhio801/
Sopfie801/
Suofei801/
Safi75268,287/
Sofa757,400/
Sefi754,143/
Sofy754,051/
Sofe751,754/
Jofi75274/
Sáfi7593/
Cofi7591/
Zofi7539/
Sofá757/
Sofé751/
Žofi751/
Xofi751/
Soufaih73477/
Shoffit73163/
Souffie7311/
Soufieh738/
Zsoffai738/
Soffish734/
Schofie731/
Schohfi731/
Soffich731/
Shuofei731/
Soushfi731/
Soufiea731/
Sofphie731/
Souffih731/
Shoufie731/
Shoffie731/
Shafi67545,847/
Safii6731,708/
Coffi6729,706/
Safih679,624/
Safei678,191/
Safai677,225/
Sofer677,173/
Saufi674,138/
Safie672,473/
Saffi672,404/
Safui672,201/
Shofa672,054/
Sophi671,972/
Saafi671,923/
Soffe671,170/
Sahfi671,097/
Soffa671,007/
Zopfi67922/
Shefi67915/
Safid67878/
Sadfi67645/
Safhi67628/
Saefi67597/
Soufy67552/
Soufa67430/
Sofeu67417/
Siafi67410/
Scafi67354/
Sofea67338/
Safiy67255/
Zoufi67215/
Joffi67197/
Sefai67193/
Safis67191/
Sofge67189/
Zofio67176/
Sofee67167/
Safio67155/
Schoffit67136/
Zofei67136/
Siofa67136/
Chofi67119/
Jofai67115/
Shofe67105/
Cofei67100/
Shofy6789/
Suofe6784/
Suifi6780/
Sofet6776/
Souffois6761/
Soifa6759/
Safit6758/
Sjafi6758/
Soffy6755/
Joufi6752/
Seffi6748/
Shoffitt6746/
Soyfa6744/
Soofa6741/
Sofha6740/
Zoffi6740/
Sopfe6737/
Sofeh6734/
Sofaa6733/
Soofe6727/
Safij6726/
Szefi6726/
Sefui6723/
Sohvi6723/
Safiz6722/
Sawfi6721/
Scofe6721/
Şofei6720/
Soofy6718/
Sofey6715/
Zofyi6715/
Sefii6714/
Sefie6714/
Seefi6712/
Sefei679/
Sofes679/
Saïfi678/
Zofii677/
Satfi676/
Jofhi675/
Siefi675/
Ssafi675/
Sofys675/
Shoffeit674/
Safip674/
Saâfi674/
Sodfy674/
Seufi674/
Xhofi674/
Suofy673/
Soufe673/
Sasfi673/
Safoi673/
Savfi673/
Zotfi672/
Safgi672/
Zofie672/
Sefoi672/
Djofi672/
Joofi671/
Jofid671/
Jofit671/
Schoffie671/
Sofaj671/
Sofay671/
Sopfa671/
Sofed671/
Sefih671/
Sefhi671/
Scáfi671/
Sofyy671/
Jofis671/
Ziofi671/
Sofìa671/
Szafi671/
Sófis671/
Suofa671/
Sefyi671/
Siofy671/
Sehfi671/
S'Afi671/
Schoeffi671/
Sohfe671/
Sofhy671/
Soefy671/
Sopfy671/
Shooffie671/
Sosfy671/
Jopfi670/
Soyfe670/

Sofi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sofi in the Hindi language
सोफीsophi98.6
सोफ़ीsofi0.7
सॉफीsophi0.7
Sofi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲalswfy50
ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻰalswfy25
ﺳﻮﻓﻲswfy12.5
ﺻﻮﻓﻲswfy12.5
Sofi in the Russian language
Софиsofi-
Sofi in the Arabic language
صوفيswfy-

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