Sopu Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Sopu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 216 | 1:612,265 | 48,529 |
| Papua New Guinea | 128 | 1:63,701 | 8,267 |
| Romania | 127 | 1:158,093 | 16,573 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Şopu (1) are calculated separately.
Sopu (2,595) may also be a first name.
Sopu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sopu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sopu (Georgian: სოფუ, Hindi: सोपू, Marathi: सोपु) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Şopu. For other possible spellings of Sopu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sopu is the 618,896th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 14,663,070 people. The last name Sopu occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Sopu reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sopu is also the 144,365th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 2,595 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 216 people, or 1 in 612,265. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 77 percent reside, Maluku, where 9 percent reside and North Maluku, where 5 percent reside. Other than Indonesia Sopu occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 26 percent reside and Romania, where 26 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sopu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sopu in the Georgian language | ||
| სოფუ | sopu | - |
| Sopu in the Hindi language | ||
| सोपू | sopu | 70.09 |
| सोपु | sopu | 29.91 |
| Sopu in the Marathi language | ||
| सोपु | sopu | 66.67 |
| सोपू | sopu | 33.33 |
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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 Sopu
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