Sofican Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Sofican Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 126 | 1:159,348 | 16,645 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Sofican Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofican Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sofican occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofican? popularity and diffusion
Sofican is the 1,581,912th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. Sofican is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sofican reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 159,348. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Argeș County, where 69 percent reside, Caraș-Severin County, where 27 percent reside and Gorj County, where 3 percent reside. Beside Romania Sofican occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 2 percent reside and Turkey, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofucan | 86 | 12 | / |
| Sofizan | 86 | 7 | / |
| Sofikhan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sofijane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soufidjan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sophichan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Safikan | 71 | 32 | / |
| Safijan | 71 | 18 | / |
| Safizan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sofejan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sofesan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sefikan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zofikan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safikhan | 67 | 45 | / |
| Shafiqan | 67 | 44 | / |
| Shafizan | 67 | 30 | / |
| Shafikan | 67 | 12 | / |
| Shofesan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shafijan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sofikhanova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safidjan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sazfizan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cophican | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saffikan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafisan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Safiqain | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sofican
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