Cofa Surname

563,577th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 562 people bear this surname

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

Cofa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cofa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4911:110,34213,274
Romania371:542,64540,475
Turkey181:4,323,412102,143
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Cofa (50) may also be a first name.

Cofa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cofa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cofa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 563,577th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,967,164 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Cofa reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 50 people.

Cofa is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 491 people, or 1 in 110,342. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 49 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 21 percent reside and Western Cape, where 18 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 7 percent reside and Turkey, where 3 percent reside.

Cofa Last Name Statistics demography

Cofa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.94% less than the national average, earning R 85,692 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Coffa89669/
Chofa89248/
Czofa8979/
Cofas8939/
Cofat892/
Scofa891/
Cuofa891/
Cofah891/
Cofaa890/
Cofay890/
Cotfas801,007/
Choufa80684/
Tchofa80272/
Coffay8078/
Coffas8039/
Cioffa8038/
Chofay8029/
Choofa8023/
Coffea8018/
Cofais8017/
Chofai8015/
Scofea8012/
Coufas808/
Coffaa805/
Choffa803/
Chopfa803/
Coffau803/
Couffa801/
Coffat801/
Scoufa801/
Coffah801/
Cofass800/
Sofa757,400/
Kofa755,786/
Cofe755,624/
Cafa75879/
Zofa7597/
Cofi7591/
Qofa7570/
Cofy7565/
Jofa7522/
Cofo752/
Cofé751/
Tchoufa73159/
Tchoffa7378/
Chouffa7317/
Choffay7314/
Choufai732/
Choofai731/
Coffi6729,706/
Cofie6715,301/
Koffa678,014/
Cofer676,597/
Coffy673,824/
Chafa673,557/
Sofah672,840/
Tsofa671,672/
Caffa671,206/
Ciofi671,160/
Soffa671,007/
Coffe67652/
Scafa67628/
Zofoa67583/
Koufa67543/
Zoufa67537/
Sofea67338/
Žofaj67307/
Chouffai67292/
Ciofoaia67167/
Gkofa67163/
Ciofo67123/
Chofi67119/
Jofai67115/
Cofei67100/
Zuofa6790/
Joffa6787/
Tchouffa6786/
Kofah6779/
Cofey6770/
Soifa6759/
Khofa6758/
Couffeau6748/
Sofai6748/
Cofee6748/
Koifa6747/
Cofio6745/
Coiffait6743/
Kofai6743/
Soofa6741/
Sofha6740/
Koefa6739/
Coffé6734/
Sofaa6733/
Caefa6732/
Jofat6731/
Cafat6731/
Cafay6731/
Kuofa6726/
Ciafa6725/
Qhofa6722/
Cofod6719/
Djofa6717/
Chofo6717/
Jodfa6715/
Chofe6714/
Zoifa6711/
Kofea6711/
Tchoufah6711/
Copha6710/
Cofes6710/
Zofah679/
Joufa678/
Joifa678/
Zoffa678/
Coufy678/
Kofau677/
Zofay676/
Qoifa675/
Josfa675/
Zofea675/
Caufa674/
Cafas674/
Coffo674/
Chouffaï674/
Ciofe673/
Zofaj673/
Kopfa672/
Kofaa672/
Cafai672/
Qoufa672/
Tschoffa672/
Kofoa672/
Cafad672/
Kofay671/
Qofaj671/
Jojfa671/
Zotfa671/
Sofay671/
Sopfa671/
Cofis671/
Joofa671/
Jofaz671/
Koofa671/
Sofìa671/
Tchofach671/
Tchofaya671/
Suofa671/
Gqofa671/
Céfai671/
Céfaï671/
Coufe671/
Cofou671/
Cafha671/
Gcofi671/
Sofau671/
Cofeu671/
Chofy671/
Joyfa671/
Jopfa671/
Kofaj671/
Covah670/
Copfe670/
Cofed670/
Copfy670/
Coofe670/

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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 Cofa
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