Soufan Surname
Approximately 11,208 people bear this surname
Soufan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 5,332 | 1:4,956 | 708 |
| Syria | 1,928 | 1:10,011 | 903 |
| Lebanon | 1,363 | 1:4,136 | 758 |
| Jordan | 932 | 1:9,488 | 1,764 |
| Saudi Arabia | 676 | 1:45,645 | 6,666 |
| Palestine | 447 | 1:10,176 | 2,035 |
| United Arab Emirates | 103 | 1:88,954 | 7,958 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| Canada | 65 | 1:566,855 | 47,218 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
Soufan (59) may also be a first name.
Soufan Demographics
Average Soufan Salary in
United States
$64,199 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Soufan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soufan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Soufan occurs more in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Soufan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Soufan is the 46,258th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 650,209 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Soufan reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 55 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Soufan is also the 1,282,666th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 59 people.
The last name is most common in Yemen, where it is carried by 5,332 people, or 1 in 4,956. In Yemen Soufan is most frequent in: Hajjah Governorate, where 30 percent live, Al Jawf Governorate, where 20 percent live and 'Amran Governorate, where 11 percent live. Excluding Yemen this last name exists in 35 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 17 percent live and Lebanon, where 12 percent live.
Soufan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Shiite (68%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Soufan are 24.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 77.42% being registered with the party.
The amount Soufan earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 48.78% more than the national average, earning $64,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.41% less than the national average, earning $45,010 CAD per year.
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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 Soufan
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