Sopher Surname
Approximately 1,846 people bear this surname
Sopher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,417 | 1:255,793 | 24,226 |
| Canada | 210 | 1:175,455 | 17,539 |
| England | 131 | 1:425,329 | 28,711 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 267 | 1:188,085 | 16,600 |
Sopher (70) may also be a first name.
Sopher Demographics
Average Sopher Salary in
United States
$45,946 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sopher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sopher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sopher has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sopher click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopher? popularity and diffusion
Sopher is the 221,125th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,947,750 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Sopher live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 70 people.
This surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 1,417 people, or 1 in 255,793. In The United States Sopher is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 10 percent live, Maryland, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 11 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.
Sopher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sopher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sopher surname increased 531 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,456 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sopher Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sopher last name are 13.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.19% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sopher earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.19% more than the national average, earning R 463,848 per year; in United States they earn 6.48% more than the national average, earning $45,946 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.99% more than the national average, earning $51,170 CAD per year.
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Sopher Reference & Research
Soper FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Sopher
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis