Soforek Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Soforek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Soforek 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
Poland931:408,69643,526
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Soforek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Soforek is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Soforek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Soforek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. Soforek is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Soforek live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Poland, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 408,696. Outside of Poland it occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found.

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
Saforek8648/
Safourek803/
Soforic7168/
Safarek7129/
Zaforek712/
Caforek711/
Saforik710/
Szafarek6765/
Saffarek6757/
Szaferek672/
Szefarek671/
Szaforyk671/
Shafarek670/
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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 Soforek
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