Sophonia Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Sophonia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sophonia (693) may also be a first name.
Sophonia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sophonia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sophonia is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sophonia.
How Common Is The Last Name Sophonia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Sophonia are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sophonia is also the 314,062nd most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 693 people.
The last name Sophonia is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live and Gauteng, where 33 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophonias | 94 | 2 | / |
| Sophoniah | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sophonea | 88 | 6 | / |
| Sephonia | 88 | 2 | / |
| Shophania | 82 | 19 | / |
| Sophonyas | 82 | 4 | / |
| Sofonia | 80 | 267 | / |
| Soponea | 80 | 39 | / |
| Saponia | 80 | 21 | / |
| Sopenia | 80 | 4 | / |
| Soponya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sephania | 75 | 1,789 | / |
| Shofania | 75 | 193 | / |
| Sofonias | 75 | 7 | / |
| Saphania | 75 | 7 | / |
| Sephenia | 75 | 5 | / |
| Sepahnia | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zephonia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sasponia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saphonya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sophanya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Souphanya | 71 | 11 | / |
| Chophonya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sofonea | 67 | 331 | / |
| Sofania | 67 | 186 | / |
| Saponja | 67 | 116 | / |
| Sofonio | 67 | 37 | / |
| Sapania | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sopanya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sepenia | 67 | 6 | / |
| Sepania | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sopanha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sapenia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shaphaniah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sopanea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coponio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Japonia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saponya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Soponho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sapunia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sefonia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sophonia
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