Sofonea Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sofonea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sofonea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2321:86,54310,089
Lesotho731:27,8435,393
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
France91:7,380,302306,885
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sofonea (76) may also be a first name.

Sofonea Last Name Facts

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

Sofonea is more commonly found in Romania than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Sofonea click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofonea? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 833,931st most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Sofonea are found; 70 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 70 percent are found in Romanian Europe. Sofonea is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 76 people.

This last name is most common in Romania, where it is held by 232 people, or 1 in 86,543. In Romania it is most frequent in: Brașov County, where 69 percent live, Călărași County, where 23 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Romania this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Sofonea Last Name Statistics demography

Sofonea earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.93% more than the national average, earning $53,127 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sofone9246/
Sofonia86267/
Sefonea8622/
Scofone864/
Sofonie862/
Sofanea861/
Sofoneo861/
Scoffone80300/
Sofoniya8018/
Sofonias807/
Sophonea806/
Soifoine805/
Soufouna802/
Cofone772,336/
Sofana77163/
Sofoni77121/
Sofane7717/
Safona7710/
Sofena776/
Safone775/
Sofeña773/
Sofuna773/
Sefone772/
Cofona771/
Jofona771/
Sofoniyas754/
Sofonyias751/
Souffoine750/
Soufane712,142/
Safoine71242/
Shofana71194/
Sofania71186/
Scafone71117/
Coffone71101/
Scofoni7170/
Sofonio7137/
Sofonou7119/
Sofanah7117/
Safones7113/
Safonau718/
Soufana716/
Sofenah715/
Safonya714/
Safouna714/
Safoner714/
Sophone712/
Safoune712/
Sefoune712/
Safonoa712/
Safoona712/
Sofunge711/
Safonai711/
Safonah711/
Safonna711/
Sofanja711/
Sofanet711/
Sozfane711/
Safogne711/
Shofena711/
Zoufone711/
Saffone710/
Sophonie672,821/
Shofania67193/
Sofonnou67134/
Soifoini67121/
Scoffoni67116/
Soffania6718/
Souphone6716/
Souffane6712/
Shoufana678/
Djofouna676/
Safounah675/
Sofaniah674/
Sophonia674/
Soufongi673/
Scaffone673/
Sofaniya672/
Sophonei671/
Sahfoune671/
Safhonna671/
Shofaney671/
Shaffone671/
Suofanie671/
Soufanei671/
Shofunye671/
Sefoniya671/
Seffoune671/
Zsofonyi671/
Soffonou671/
Safougne671/

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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 Sofonea
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