Isife Surname

475,239th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 704 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Isife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Isife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6991:253,42314,617
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Isife (40) may also be a first name.

Isife Last Name Facts

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

The last name Isife occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Isife? popularity and diffusion

The last name Isife is the 475,239th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,351,628 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Isife reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 40 people.

Isife is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 699 people, or 1 in 253,423. In Nigeria Isife is most frequent in: Enugu, where 83 percent are found, Lagos, where 7 percent are found and Ekiti, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Isifeh9128/
Isifhe911/
Isifea911/
Iscife911/
Isif89149/
Oissife83375/
Iscaife839/
Iosif8010,729/
Issif80321/
Isiev80180/
Isefe8080/
Isifa8051/
Isifi8043/
Isiew8015/
Isaif8012/
Aisif805/
Usife803/
Yisif802/
Uisif801/
Issifi739,304/
Issifa73100/
Ichife7350/
Iossif7345/
Ishiev7342/
Ishifi7334/
Yosife7316/
Aisiev737/
Yisifa734/
Itsiev734/
Iosefe734/
Yissif732/
Gaisif732/
Oissif732/
Issiff731/
Isifui731/
Usiefe731/
Iocife731/
Aaisif731/
Gisiev731/
Iosief731/
Isssif731/
Itshif731/
Iseefe731/
Iosifi731/
Isisfi731/
Usifey731/
Issaif731/
Isaifa731/
Yisiew731/
Essifer67347/
Isib67194/
Isifova67150/
Isef6748/
Isev6747/
Isssifi6734/
Izif6718/
Ysif6717/
Iseb679/
Ichifer679/
Issifii678/
Issiffi677/
Isyf674/
Esif672/
Issisfi672/
Izeifeh672/
Essifie672/
Ishaifa672/
Uishiev671/
Gaisiev671/
Eshifer671/
Issiefi671/
Ichifeh671/
Idssifi671/
Jsif671/
Isiv671/
Isiw671/
Iszsifi671/
Iscaifi671/
Ijif671/
Iossifi671/
Isssifa671/
Issiofi671/
Issifio671/
Issifgi671/
Issidfi671/
Isew670/

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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 Isife
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