Soft Surname
Approximately 578 people bear this surname
Soft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 471 | 1:36,346 | 5,352 |
| Iran | 72 | 1:1,066,424 | 48,180 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 24 | 1:1,015,640 | 40,589 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Soft (2,394) may also be a first name.
Soft Demographics
Average Soft Salary in
England
£32,244
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Soft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Soft (Russian: Софт) occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Soft? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 552,088th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 12,608,211 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Soft are found; 81 percent are found in Southern Africa and 81 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Soft is also the 151,715th most common forename world-wide, held by 2,394 people.
Soft is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Not including Malawi it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 12 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softe | 89 | 12 | / |
| Shoft | 89 | 5 | / |
| Souft | 89 | 3 | / |
| Szoft | 89 | 2 | / |
| Sooft | 89 | 1 | / |
| Soift | 89 | 1 | / |
| Scoft | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sofft | 89 | 0 | / |
| Softs | 89 | 0 | / |
| Sof | 86 | 1,102 | / |
| Schoft | 80 | 55 | / |
| Scofft | 80 | 3 | / |
| Scoift | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saft | 75 | 2,077 | / |
| Souf | 75 | 1,948 | / |
| Sofe | 75 | 1,754 | / |
| Siof | 75 | 384 | / |
| Soff | 75 | 331 | / |
| Soof | 75 | 247 | / |
| Sobt | 75 | 140 | / |
| Soif | 75 | 97 | / |
| Shof | 75 | 96 | / |
| Szof | 75 | 34 | / |
| Sopf | 75 | 20 | / |
| Coft | 75 | 12 | / |
| Seft | 75 | 8 | / |
| Sowf | 75 | 6 | / |
| Zoft | 75 | 5 | / |
| Soyf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ssof | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sofh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sojf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sovt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sosf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sohf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sofp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Joft | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sowt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xoft | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jsof | 75 | 1 | / |
| Scofftt | 73 | 77 | / |
| Softova | 73 | 49 | / |
| Schouft | 73 | 42 | / |
| Shoifet | 73 | 6 | / |
| Soifete | 73 | 2 | / |
| Schofft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shoff | 67 | 2,047 | / |
| Soffe | 67 | 1,170 | / |
| Safth | 67 | 984 | / |
| Shaft | 67 | 671 | / |
| Sheft | 67 | 134 | / |
| Schof | 67 | 112 | / |
| Shofe | 67 | 105 | / |
| Jofte | 67 | 95 | / |
| Suofe | 67 | 84 | / |
| Shopf | 67 | 71 | / |
| Shouf | 67 | 49 | / |
| Sgoff | 67 | 48 | / |
| Shoif | 67 | 47 | / |
| Sobht | 67 | 45 | / |
| Shovt | 67 | 44 | / |
| Safft | 67 | 42 | / |
| Sopfe | 67 | 37 | / |
| Soofe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Szoff | 67 | 26 | / |
| Safte | 67 | 13 | / |
| Szopf | 67 | 11 | / |
| Shoof | 67 | 10 | / |
| Schoifet | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sioff | 67 | 8 | / |
| Søhof | 67 | 4 | / |
| Soufe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shohf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shofs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sosfh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sowte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Suift | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sauft | 67 | 2 | / |
| Souëf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jssof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soofs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Showf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seuft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suoff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zofft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sefft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seeft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sohfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soiff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soifette | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sowth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Jofts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Soyfe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Showt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scaft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sceft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cooft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Coftt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sieft | 67 | 0 | / |
Soft Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soft in the Russian language | ||
| Софт | soft | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Soft
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