Sofiyya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sofiyya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sofiyya (348) may also be a first name.
Sofiyya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sofiyya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sofiyya occurs most in The Maldives. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sofiyya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sofiyya reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sofiyya is also the 467,354th most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 348 people.
This last name is most frequent in The Maldives, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 57,739. In The Maldives it is most prevalent in: Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, where 29 percent live, Thaa Atoll, where 29 percent live and Gaafu Alif Atoll, where 14 percent live. Excluding The Maldives it is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shofiyya | 93 | 11 | / |
| Sofiyyah | 93 | 10 | / |
| Soofiyya | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shofiyyah | 88 | 80 | / |
| Sohfiyyah | 88 | 22 | / |
| Safiyya | 86 | 160 | / |
| Sofieya | 86 | 2 | / |
| Sofiaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Safiyyah | 80 | 25 | / |
| Sofiiyah | 80 | 11 | / |
| Shafiyya | 80 | 4 | / |
| Soufioya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Soufiaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sofiea | 77 | 102 | / |
| Sofiaj | 77 | 7 | / |
| Sofiaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shafiyyah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shaafiyya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sofioye | 71 | 35 | / |
| Safiaya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sofiyio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soufiea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sofiaou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Soufiua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safiiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Safiiyah | 67 | 96 | / |
| Shofioye | 67 | 8 | / |
| Shofiayo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sofihaji | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shafieya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sofeeyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siafiaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Souffiaa | 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 Sofiyya
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