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

Sofni (Hindi: सोफनी, Russian: Софьни) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofni? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sofni is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Sofni are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 97 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 540,009th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 271 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 3,673,589. In Indonesia Sofni is mostly concentrated in: West Sumatra, where 42 percent reside, Aceh, where 22 percent reside and South Sumatra, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 3 percent reside.

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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