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
Average Sofi Salary in
United States
$44,986 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sofi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sofi (Arabic: صوفي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲ, Hindi: सोफी, Russian: Софи) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Sófi or Sofí. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 20,045th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 267,012 people. The surname Sofi 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. Sofi is also the 19,226th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 47,729 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 15,104 people, or 1 in 50,786. In India it is mostly found in: Jammu and Kashmir, where 94 percent live, Telangana, where 1 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Aside from India it occurs in 91 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and Egypt, where 6 percent live.
Sofi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sofi surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States Sofi are 35.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 88.24% being registered with 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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- 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 Sofi
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