Sopotean Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Sopotean Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sopotean Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova1361:26,1874,300
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Transnistria11:474,69917,893

Sopotean Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sopotean Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sopotean is most common in Moldova. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sopotean? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The surname Sopotean is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Sopotean reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Moldova, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 26,187. In Moldova Sopotean is mostly found in: Ștefan Vodă District, where 83 percent reside, Chișinău Municipality, where 15 percent reside and Bălți Municipality, where 1 percent reside. Not including Moldova this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 3 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sopotyan8827/
Sopotaen881/
Soputan801,430/
Sapoean8014/
Sopatan806/
Copotan801/
Sepetean756/
Soputang755/
Shopetan753/
Ssoputan752/
Sapotyan752/
Sopathan751/
Sopatien751/
Sopathen751/
Sophathen71242/
Soipudtan711/
Sapatan67172/
Sepetan6765/
Saputan6739/
Copatan6728/
Sophathian674/
Capotan671/
Souphathan671/
Sophathane671/

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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 Sopotean
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