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 Male Sopher Height
176.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sopher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sopher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sopher is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopher? popularity and diffusion
It is the 221,125th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,947,750 people. The last name Sopher occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Sopher reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,162,016th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 70 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,417 people, or 1 in 255,793. In The United States Sopher is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 10 percent are found, Maryland, where 9 percent are found and Ohio, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States it occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 11 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.
Sopher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sopher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sopher surname grew 531 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,456 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sopher Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Sopher are 13.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.19% registered to vote for the 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