Sophy Surname
Approximately 5,046 people bear this surname
Sophy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4,363 | 1:21,072 | 2,435 |
| Kenya | 216 | 1:213,796 | 15,228 |
| United States | 154 | 1:2,353,629 | 145,693 |
| France | 112 | 1:593,060 | 78,954 |
| India | 53 | 1:14,472,932 | 242,024 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Cambodia | 15 | 1:1,032,476 | 5,479 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Sophy (34,099) may also be a first name.
Sophy Demographics
Average Sophy Salary in
United States
$50,942 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sophy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sophy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sophy (Hindi: सोफी, Marathi: सोफी) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sophy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 94,406th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,444,222 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Sophy live; 86 percent live in North Africa and 86 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Sophy is also the 25,222nd most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 34,099 people.
The last name Sophy is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 4,363 people, or 1 in 21,072. Besides Egypt this last name is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Sophy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sophy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sophy surname expanded 616 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Sophy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Sophy are 7.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.85% being registered with the political party.
Sophy earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.06% more than the national average, earning $50,942 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sophy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sophy in the Hindi language | ||
| सोफी | sophi | - |
| Sophy in the Marathi language | ||
| सोफी | sophi | 87.5 |
| सोिफ | soipha | 12.5 |
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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
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- 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 Sophy
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