Sopterean Surname

491,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 674 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Sopterean Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sopterean Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania6631:30,2833,856
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Şopterean (61) are calculated separately.

Sopterean Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sopterean is most common in Romania. It can appear as a variant: Şopterean. For other potential spellings of Sopterean click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sopterean? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sopterean is the 491,125th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. The surname Sopterean occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Sopterean live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 663 people, or 1 in 30,283. In Romania it is most numerous in: Mureș County, where 65 percent are found, Cluj County, where 21 percent are found and Hunedoara County, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Romania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Şopterean9661/
Soptirean89101/
Sopterian898/
Soptarean891/
Şoptirean7854/
Åžoptirean741/
Sabtoran593/
Sabtaran591/
Sabtarain562/
Sabtorain561/

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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 Sopterean
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