Sufeyan Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sufeyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sufeyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sufeyan (54) may also be a first name.

Sufeyan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sufeyan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sufeyan (Hindi: सुफेयान, Marathi: सुलेमान) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sufeyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,432,070th most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Sufeyan occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Sufeyan are found; 48 percent are found in Southern Africa and 48 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sufeyan is also the 1,350,955th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 54 people.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 94 percent live and Western Cape, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 27 percent live and Pakistan, where 21 percent live.

Sufeyan Last Name Statistics demography

Sufeyan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 95.34% more than the national average, earning R 464,196 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sufeyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sufeyan in the Hindi language
सुफेयानsupheyana75
सुफियानsuphiyana25
Sufeyan in the Marathi language
सुलेमानsulemana33.33
सुफेयानsupheyana33.33
सुफीयानsuphiyana33.33

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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
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  • 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 Sufeyan
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