Sorofa Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Sorofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 1:350,869 | 33,247 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sorofa (21) may also be a first name.
Sorofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sorofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sorofa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sorofa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most widely held family name globally, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Sorofa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sorofa live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 21 people.
The surname Sorofa is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 350,869. In Zimbabwe Sorofa is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 86 percent reside and Midlands Province, where 14 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorofead | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sarofa | 83 | 101 | / |
| Jorofa | 83 | 20 | / |
| Sorefa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Sorofe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sarofah | 77 | 2,358 | / |
| Shorafa | 77 | 639 | / |
| Saroifa | 77 | 344 | / |
| Surofah | 77 | 69 | / |
| Sorafah | 77 | 15 | / |
| Sarrofa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Sorofei | 77 | 5 | / |
| Saroffa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sorrefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saroofa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seroffa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sourafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sárosfai | 71 | 35 | / |
| Sarrofah | 71 | 14 | / |
| Sharofah | 71 | 9 | / |
| Soutrafa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Sjarofah | 71 | 7 | / |
| Shorafat | 71 | 4 | / |
| Souroufi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sharoofa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sharofat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shoreefa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sarafa | 67 | 7,907 | / |
| Sarofi | 67 | 262 | / |
| Sarefa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Serafa | 67 | 35 | / |
| Surafa | 67 | 33 | / |
| Serefa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Souroufis | 67 | 8 | / |
| Zorofi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Zarofa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zorofo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sarofo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Corafa | 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 Sorofa
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