Cofax Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Cofax Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cofax Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Wales21:784,20816,349

Cofax Last Name Facts

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

Cofax is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cofax? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Cofax live; 65 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 5,065,278. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Cheshire, where 64 percent live, Staffordshire, where 27 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Besides England Cofax is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent live and Scotland, where 17 percent live.

Cofax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cofax has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Cofax surname increased 110 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cofas8039/
Kofax802/
Cafax801/
Cotfas731,007/
Cafaxe7372/
Coffas7339/
Cofais7317/
Coufas738/
Koufax736/
Coffex735/
Coface734/
Cofack731/
Cofase731/
Cofass730/
Coffag730/
Cotfase6741/
Chafaux6720/
Coufeix678/
Cofface671/
Coffack670/
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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 Cofax
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