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 is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sofican.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofican? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,581,912th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Sofican live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The last name Sofican is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 159,348. In Romania Sofican is mostly concentrated in: Argeș County, where 69 percent live, Caraș-Severin County, where 27 percent live and Gorj County, where 3 percent live. Excluding Romania Sofican is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent live and Turkey, where 1 percent live.
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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