Soforo Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Soforo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Soforo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Mexico151:8,275,08036,578
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

Soforo Last Name Facts

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

Soforo is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Soforo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,185,341st most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Soforo reside; 53 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 53 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea Soforo is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 83 percent are found, National Capital District, where 15 percent are found and Morobe, where 3 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Mexico, where 20 percent are found.

Soforo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Soforo last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Soforo earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 39.3% more than the national average, earning $60,107 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saforo832,282/
Seforo83773/
Sofuro8341/
Sofaro832/
Sofora832/
Sofero831/
Shoforost804/
Soufourou802/
Sofoora7753/
Sofaroh7730/
Sefhoro7717/
Sofuroh7714/
Shofuro777/
Cofforo772/
Shofora772/
Shofaro771/
Sofoura771/
Saforou771/
Shofaroh7155/
Shofuroh7130/
Safourou7113/
Shaforos712/
Saforost712/
Scoffaro711/
Soffoura711/
Sofara671,648/
Shaforost671,117/
Sefora67872/
Safora67383/
Safero6765/
Safuro6760/
Sofera6746/
Safaro6738/
Sofura6737/
Sefaro6712/
Ceforo6710/
Cofaro671/

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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 Soforo
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