Sofiat Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Sofiat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sofiat (6,452) may also be a first name.
Sofiat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofiat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sofiat is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofiat? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Sofiat live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sofiat is also the 81,789th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 6,452 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Sofiat is mostly found in: Ogun, where 48 percent reside, Lagos, where 38 percent reside and Kwara, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Brazil, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Sofiat
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