Sofiya Surname
Approximately 39,799 people bear this surname
Sofiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 37,347 | 1:2,612 | 458 |
| DR Congo | 1,375 | 1:53,731 | 6,473 |
| India | 545 | 1:1,407,459 | 53,983 |
| Indonesia | 444 | 1:297,859 | 26,488 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Sofiya (258,816) may also be a first name.
Sofiya Demographics
Sofiya Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Sofiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sofiya (Hindi: सोफिया, Marathi: सोफीया, Oriya: େସାଫିୟା) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sofiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofiya? popularity and diffusion
Sofiya is the 14,001st most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 183,109 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sofiya live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Sofiya is also the 4,066th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 258,816 people.
This last name is most widespread in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 37,347 people, or 1 in 2,612. Outside of Ethiopia this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Sofiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (82%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sofiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sofiya in the Marathi language | ||
| सोफीया | sophiya | 97.44 |
| सोिफ़या | soifaya | 0.66 |
| सैयद | saiyada | 0.38 |
| सॉफीया | sophiya | 0.09 |
| सोिकया | soikaya | 0.09 |
| शोफीया | sophiya | 0.09 |
| सोफीय | sophiya | 0.09 |
| सोफ़ीया | sofiya | 0.09 |
| ओडीयन | odiyana | 0.09 |
| सोकीया | sokiya | 0.09 |
| Sofiya in the Hindi language | ||
| सोफिया | sophiya | 96.83 |
| सोफीया | sophiya | 2.4 |
| सौफिया | sauphiya | 0.29 |
| सूफिया | suphiya | 0.16 |
| सुफिया | suphiya | 0.09 |
| सोफि़या | sophiya | 0.05 |
| सोफ़िया | sofiya | 0.02 |
| सोफया | sophaya | 0.02 |
| साफिया | saphiya | 0.02 |
| सोफीय | sophiya | 0.02 |
| सैफिया | saiphiya | 0.02 |
| ़सोफिया | sophiya | 0.02 |
| सूफीया | suphiya | 0.02 |
| सोफोया | sophoya | 0.02 |
| Sofiya in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାଫିୟା | esaphiya | 63.41 |
| େସାଫିଆ | esaphi'a | 36.59 |
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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
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- 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 Sofiya
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