Surname Sofer (Sofer 
, סופר , Софер 
) , across the world, is quite a common family name. The cognomen Sofer is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common surname, Panama, where it is quite a rare surname, and Lithuania. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Israel, the United States, and Philippines. Very seldom, Sofer is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Sofer | Philippines, France, United States, India, Israel |
| סופר | Israel |
| Софер | Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan |
| سوفر | Iran |
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avraham šmu'el benjamin sofer Hungarian rabbi, SK (b. 1815) |
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chaim sofer Hungarian rabbi (1821-1886), SK (b. 1821) |
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eliʿezer zusman sofer Hungarian rabbi, HU (b. 1828) |
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| simon sofer (b. 1768) |
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| joseph sofer (b. 1769) |
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simcha-bunem sofer rabbi, SK (b. 1842) |
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shimon sofer Hungarian rabbi, SK (b. 1850) |
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| yozef yozpa sofer Jewish merchant, SK (b. 1819) |
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yaakov chaim sofer Iraqi rabbi, IQ (b. 1870) |
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| yisrael ephraim fischel sofer Hungarian rabbi (b. 1822) |
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| joseph juspa sofer (b. 1825) |
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| josef sofer holocaust victim, b. 1858-03-18, AT (b. 1858) |
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| emil sofer (b. 1865) |
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| bedřich sofer holocaust victim, b. 1880-01-13, CZ (b. 1880) |
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| moshe sofer rabbi, HU (b. 1885) |
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