Sofogiannis Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Sofogiannis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sofogiannis Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1101:100,72516,923
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Sofogiannis Last Name Facts

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

Sofogiannis has its highest incidence in Greece. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofogiannis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,718,748th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Sofogiannis occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Sofogiannis are found; 97 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 100,725. In Greece Sofogiannis is mostly found in: Thessaly, where 50 percent reside, Attica, where 42 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 4 percent reside. Barring Greece this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sofogianni9562/
Sofoyiannis911/
Siafogiannis8721/
Safogianni864/
Sofianis84120/
Siafogianni8227/
Xafogiannis821/
Sofianios801/
Xafougiannis781/
Xafougianni731/
Sofyanets601/
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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 Sofogiannis
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