Sofni Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Sofni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sofni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Sofni (271) may also be a first name.

Sofni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sofni (Hindi: सोफनी, Russian: Софьни) is found most in Indonesia. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,228,735th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Sofni reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sofni is also the 540,009th most widespread first name globally It is held by 271 people.

The surname Sofni is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 3,673,589. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Sumatra, where 42 percent are found, Aceh, where 22 percent are found and South Sumatra, where 17 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sofnie9172/
Sofnai911/
Sofnis911/
Shofnit830/
Safni80731/
Sefni8091/
Sofne802/
Sofna802/
Jofni801/
Shafni73390/
Soufny73139/
Sofner7317/
Safnui731/
Saffni731/
Soifne731/
Shofner672,597/
Soffner67735/
Sefinni6787/
Saufnai6715/
Sofnets672/
Shahfni671/
Sofinna671/
Shaffni671/
Scofney671/
Shafnit671/
Schafni671/
Shoffna670/

Sofni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sofni in the Hindi language
सोफनीsophani-
Sofni in the Russian language
Софьниsofni-

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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 Sofni
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