Sofiah Surname
Approximately 9,557 people bear this surname
Sofiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 9,463 | 1:13,975 | 1,757 |
| Malaysia | 71 | 1:415,412 | 21,545 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Sofiah (21,282) may also be a first name.
Sofiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sofiah has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 53,427th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 762,535 people. The last name Sofiah occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sofiah reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sofiah is also the 36,101st most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 21,282 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 9,463 people, or 1 in 13,975. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Java, where 45 percent live, East Java, where 20 percent live and Central Java, where 11 percent live. Beside Indonesia this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, 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 Sofiah
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