Sovi Surname
Approximately 3,805 people bear this surname
Sovi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,411 | 1:4,287 | 559 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Zambia | 219 | 1:72,374 | 6,259 |
| Nigeria | 166 | 1:1,067,125 | 44,499 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 104 | 1:78,401 | 10,308 |
| Indonesia | 93 | 1:1,422,034 | 96,891 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Cambodia | 12 | 1:1,290,596 | 5,991 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Sovi (5,039) may also be a first name.
Sovi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sovi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sovi (Arabic: سوفي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻮﻓﻲ, Hindi: सोवी, Marathi: सोवी, Russian: Сови) is most common in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sovi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 120,492nd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,915,255 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Sovi reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sovi is also the 95,767th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 5,039 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 2,411 people, or 1 in 4,287. In Benin it is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent are found, Zou Department, where 20 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 13 percent are found. Besides Benin this surname is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 14 percent are found and Zambia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sovi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sovi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻮﻓﻲ | swfy | - |
| Sovi in the Marathi language | ||
| सोवी | sovi | - |
| Sovi in the Hindi language | ||
| सोवी | sovi | 96.41 |
| सोवि | sovi | 0.6 |
| सौवी | sauvi | 0.6 |
| सोबी | sobi | 0.6 |
| शेवी | sevi | 0.6 |
| Sovi in the Russian language | ||
| Сови | sovi | - |
| Sovi in the Arabic language | ||
| سوفي | swfy | - |
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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 Sovi
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