Sufiani Surname

77,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Sufiani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sufiani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4,7611:11,1201,446
Iran1,1031:69,6127,287
Indonesia4361:303,32426,903
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
England21:27,859,030389,889
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Sufiani (4,314) may also be a first name.

Sufiani Last Name Facts

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

Sufiani is found most in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sufiani? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 77,370th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,152,728 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Sufiani live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 105,306th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 4,314 people.

The last name Sufiani is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4,761 people, or 1 in 11,120. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Tanga Region, where 52 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live and Manyara Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 17 percent live and Indonesia, where 7 percent live.

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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 Sufiani
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