Sofuthe Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sofuthe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sofuthe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3531:153,47817,355
England11:55,718,059489,080

Sofuthe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sofuthe is most common in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sofuthe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 794,916th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. The last name Sofuthe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sofuthe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 353 people, or 1 in 153,478. In South Africa Sofuthe is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 30 percent are found, Western Cape, where 29 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 19 percent are found. Beside South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found.

Sofuthe Last Name Statistics demography

Sofuthe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.88% less than the national average, earning R 185,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sofute92992/
Sefuthe8621/
Sofuthi865/
Sofothe864/
Sofutha862/
Sofuti7710/
Sefute771/
Sofote771/
Sofuta771/
Sofite771/
Sefuthi711,811/
Sofiete7166/
Scafute712/
Soffite711/
Sofitei711/
Safouth711/
Sephuthe6770/
Sophothe677/
Sofiette674/
Safut672/
Sofot672/
Sefuthii671/
Sofutova671/
Soffitte671/
Satfhute671/
Soffiete670/

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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 Sofuthe
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