Sufa Surname
Approximately 3,527 people bear this surname
Sufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| United Arab Emirates | 619 | 1:14,802 | 1,810 |
| Albania | 334 | 1:8,725 | 1,651 |
| Indonesia | 333 | 1:397,145 | 33,722 |
| Poland | 104 | 1:365,469 | 40,663 |
| Nigeria | 85 | 1:2,084,032 | 72,421 |
| Pakistan | 39 | 1:4,580,612 | 30,982 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Sufa (13,294) may also be a first name.
Sufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sufa (Hindi: सूफा) is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sufa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 128,501st most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,066,217 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Sufa live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 50,501st most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 13,294 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,932 people, or 1 in 50,490. Apart from Ethiopia it exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 18 percent live and Albania, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sufa in the Hindi language | ||
| सूफा | supha | 59.43 |
| सुफा | supha | 40.57 |
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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 Sufa
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