Sufya Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Sufya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sufya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Sufya (352) may also be a first name.

Sufya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sufya (Hindi: सुफया, Marathi: सुफ़या) is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sufya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sufya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Sufya occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Sufya are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 62 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sufya is also the 464,438th most common first name globally It is held by 352 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,520,555. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Sindh, where 100 percent live. Barring Pakistan this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shufya9110/
Soufya914/
Sufyat914/
Saufya912/
Sufyah912/
Suffya911/
Ssufya911/
Sufaiya835/
Sufayya831/
Sufia806,468/
Sufja8048/
Sufea801/
Sufía801/
Sufaiyah7724/
Sufayyah775/
Soufia731,316/
Suffia73729/
Sufiah73591/
Supfia7325/
Sufiat7314/
Saufia7314/
Shufia739/
Siufia737/
Saufea731/
Sufiha731/
Sufiea731/
Sufhea731/
Suphya731/
Sufiad731/
Sufiaa731/
Sufiaz731/
Saufiah6736/
Sufaija6716/
Sufiath6710/
Suffiah679/
Scuffia677/
Susfiah677/
Sufiash676/
Suffiad676/
Choufya673/
Soufiah672/
Sufiauu671/
Souffia671/
Soufiea671/
Suphyaj671/
Shufiah671/
Shuffia671/

Sufya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sufya in the Marathi language
सुफ़याsufaya-
Sufya in the Hindi language
सुफयाsuphaya47.83
सूफयाsuphaya47.83
सूफ्याsuphya2.17
सूफियाsuphiya2.17

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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
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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 Sufya
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