Sofi Surname
Approximately 27,293 people bear this surname
Sofi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 15,104 | 1:50,786 | 3,498 |
| Indonesia | 3,124 | 1:42,333 | 4,854 |
| Egypt | 1,647 | 1:55,820 | 5,345 |
| Morocco | 1,534 | 1:22,475 | 3,521 |
| Malaysia | 1,069 | 1:27,590 | 2,421 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Italy | 482 | 1:126,881 | 20,662 |
| DR Congo | 479 | 1:154,237 | 16,059 |
| Pakistan | 447 | 1:399,651 | 7,539 |
| Turkey | 390 | 1:199,542 | 14,679 |
| Albania | 229 | 1:12,725 | 2,339 |
| Greece | 208 | 1:53,268 | 8,820 |
| France | 158 | 1:420,397 | 61,236 |
| United States | 114 | 1:3,179,464 | 183,182 |
| Iran | 74 | 1:1,037,602 | 47,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Argentina | 69 | 1:619,470 | 43,674 |
| Algeria | 69 | 1:559,878 | 38,350 |
| Russia | 61 | 1:2,362,673 | 139,353 |
| Spain | 59 | 1:792,407 | 32,853 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Burkina Faso | 46 | 1:398,959 | 6,181 |
| Sweden | 38 | 1:259,125 | 17,909 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Kosovo | 31 | 1:60,060 | 4,317 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Solomon Islands | 14 | 1:41,431 | 8,080 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1:749,109 | 21,598 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Sófi (95) & Sofí (1) are calculated separately.
Sofi (47,729) may also be a first name.
Sofi Demographics
Sofi Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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
Sofi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sofi in the Hindi language | ||
| सोफी | sophi | 98.6 |
| सोफ़ी | sofi | 0.7 |
| सॉफी | sophi | 0.7 |
| Sofi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲ | alswfy | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻰ | alswfy | 25 |
| ﺳﻮﻓﻲ | swfy | 12.5 |
| ﺻﻮﻓﻲ | swfy | 12.5 |
| Sofi in the Russian language | ||
| Софи | sofi | - |
| Sofi in the Arabic language | ||
| صوفي | swfy | - |
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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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