Sofkina Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Sofkina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sofkina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria311:225,12612,113
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Sofkina Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sofkina Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sofkina (Russian: Софкина) is found in Bulgaria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofkina? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sofkina is the 2,689,253rd most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. Sofkina is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Sofkina are found; 60 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 60 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Bulgaria, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 225,126. In Bulgaria it is most prevalent in: Blagoevgrad Province, where 48 percent reside, Plovdiv Province, where 19 percent reside and Haskovo Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Bulgaria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sofkin9226/
Sofkinova885/
Sobkina86100/
Sovkina8676/
Safkina8613/
Soffkin860/
Shovkina804/
Saffkina802/
Shefkina802/
Sobkin77116/
Sovkin7777/
Safkin7744/
Sowkin777/
Zofkin771/
Savkina718,074/
Sobkyna7130/
Shovkin718/
Zobkina714/
Sawkina714/
Sovkyna714/
Shafkin713/
Şovkina711/
Zovkina711/
Çafkina711/
Shevkina67144/
Shavkina6792/
Shafkind6719/
Zhovkina675/
Shovkyna673/
Shefkyna673/
Shafking672/
Szawkina671/
Sovkn671/
Shabkina671/

Sofkina Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sofkina in the Russian language
Софкинаsofkina-

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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 Sofkina
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