Sophonias Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Sophonias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Sophonias (28) may also be a first name.
Sophonias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sophonias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sophonias is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sophonias? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,742,229th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sophonias live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held given name at a global level. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Sophonias is primarily found in: Merseyside, where 100 percent are found. Other than England this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 50 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sophonia | 94 | 4 | / |
| Sophonyas | 89 | 4 | / |
| Sophoniah | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sofonias | 82 | 7 | / |
| Sophonea | 82 | 6 | / |
| Shophania | 78 | 19 | / |
| Sofonia | 75 | 267 | / |
| Soponea | 75 | 39 | / |
| Saponia | 75 | 21 | / |
| Soponya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shofania | 71 | 193 | / |
| Sefonias | 71 | 9 | / |
| Saphania | 71 | 7 | / |
| Sofonyas | 71 | 4 | / |
| Sofenias | 71 | 4 | / |
| Saponios | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sopanhos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sasponia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sophanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Saphonya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zephanias | 67 | 481 | / |
| Souphanya | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chophonya | 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 Sophonias
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