Sojani Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Sojani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Sojani (220) may also be a first name.
Sojani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sojani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sojani (Hindi: सोजनी, Marathi: सोजानी, Oriya: େସାଜନୀ) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sojani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,580,327th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Sojani live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 608,246th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 220 people.
The last name Sojani is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,508,464. In Pakistan Sojani is primarily concentrated in: Sindh, where 94 percent reside and Punjab, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 27 percent reside and India, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sojani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sojani in the Hindi language | ||
| सोजनी | sojani | - |
| Sojani in the Marathi language | ||
| सोजानी | sojani | 94.12 |
| सोजनी | sojani | 5.88 |
| Sojani in the Oriya language | ||
| େସାଜନୀ | esajani | 40 |
| ସଜାନି | sajani | 20 |
| େସାଯନୀ | esayani | 20 |
| େସାଜନି | esajani | 20 |
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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 Sojani
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