Soufi Surname
Approximately 26,938 people bear this surname
Soufi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 11,901 | 1:3,246 | 451 |
| Morocco | 6,850 | 1:5,033 | 584 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,021 | 1:10,214 | 1,425 |
| Iran | 2,375 | 1:32,329 | 3,872 |
| France | 732 | 1:90,741 | 13,066 |
| Egypt | 610 | 1:150,714 | 11,610 |
| Mauritania | 249 | 1:16,445 | 1,536 |
| United States | 187 | 1:1,938,283 | 125,322 |
| Somaliland | 168 | 1:20,834 | 879 |
| Spain | 118 | 1:396,204 | 21,717 |
| United Arab Emirates | 90 | 1:101,803 | 8,801 |
| Malaysia | 75 | 1:393,256 | 20,576 |
| Canada | 71 | 1:518,952 | 43,932 |
| Sweden | 48 | 1:205,141 | 14,201 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Syria | 48 | 1:402,105 | 4,905 |
| Greece | 43 | 1:257,670 | 38,951 |
| Tunisia | 37 | 1:16,503 | 2,651 |
| Qatar | 37 | 1:63,730 | 6,585 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Jordan | 5 | 1:1,768,487 | 19,843 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Soufi (2,162) may also be a first name.
Soufi Demographics
Average Soufi Salary in
United States
$54,716 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Soufi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Soufi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Soufi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲ, Oriya: ଉିନ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Soufi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 20,302nd most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 270,530 people. The last name Soufi is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Soufi live; 72 percent live in North Africa and 70 percent live in Mahgreb. Soufi is also the 161,297th most widespread given name worldwide It is held by 2,162 people.
It is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 11,901 people, or 1 in 3,246. In Algeria Soufi is most common in: El Oued Province, where 14 percent live, Algiers Province, where 12 percent live and Ouargla Province, where 9 percent live. Beside Algeria Soufi occurs in 55 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 25 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent live.
Soufi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Soufi surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Soufi last name are 10.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.69% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Soufi earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 26.81% more than the national average, earning $54,716 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.73% more than the national average, earning $58,988 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Soufi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Soufi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉିନ | uina | - |
| Soufi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻲ | alswfy | 76.64 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻮﻓﻰ | alswfy | 15.33 |
| ﺻﻮﻓﻲ | swfy | 2.92 |
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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 Soufi
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