Somfai Surname

581,222nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Somfai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Somfai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary5071:19,3612,185
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
England31:18,572,686338,250
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Somfai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Somfai is more frequently found in Hungary than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Somfai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Somfai is the 581,222nd most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. The surname Somfai is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Somfai reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Hungary, where it is held by 507 people, or 1 in 19,361. In Hungary it is mostly found in: Budapest, where 46 percent live, Baranya County, where 10 percent live and Pest County, where 8 percent live. Apart from Hungary this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Somfai Last Name Statistics demography

Somfai earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 18.39% more than the national average, earning $58,818 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Somfaiy921/
Somfa9129/
Somfi912/
Somfay8357/
Samfai831/
Sonfai831/
Somfah831/
Somfio831/
Comfai831/
Somphai773/
Somfiya771/
Sonfa7343/
Somfe7327/
Comfi7318/
Jomfi737/
Samfa736/
Samfi734/
Sumfa732/
Semfi731/
Sumfi731/
Semfa731/
Sompha67778/
Somphi67508/
Samfaß6735/
Suonfa6731/
Sumfas6728/
Samfat6716/
Sanfai6715/
Shamfi679/
Samfay673/
Shamfa672/
Saumfi672/
Sonfah671/
Sounfa671/
Samfas671/
Djomfa671/
Shemfi671/
Sunfai671/
Comfah670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Somfai
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