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 Male Soft Height
172.96 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Soft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soft (Russian: Софт) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soft? popularity and diffusion
It is the 552,088th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,608,211 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Soft live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 151,715th most widely held forename at a global level It is held by 2,394 people.
The last name Soft is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 36,346. Not including Malawi it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common 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
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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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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