Sofiani Surname
Approximately 3,922 people bear this surname
Sofiani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3,119 | 1:42,401 | 4,865 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| Niger | 143 | 1:134,210 | 5,085 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Sofiani (2,522) may also be a first name.
Sofiani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofiani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sofiani (Arabic: سفياني) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofiani? popularity and diffusion
Sofiani is the 117,413th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,858,120 people. The surname Sofiani occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Sofiani live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 146,907th most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 2,522 people.
This surname is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3,119 people, or 1 in 42,401. In Indonesia Sofiani is most common in: West Java, where 30 percent are found, Central Java, where 18 percent are found and East Java, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia it is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 16 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sofiani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sofiani in the Arabic language | ||
| سفياني | sfyany | - |
| السفياني | alsfyany | - |
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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 Sofiani
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