Issifa Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Issifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 62 | 1:309,549 | 9,215 |
| Burkina Faso | 33 | 1:556,124 | 7,330 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Issifa (328) may also be a first name.
Issifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Issifa is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Issifa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,849,867th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. Issifa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Issifa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Issifa is also the 484,112th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 328 people.
The surname Issifa is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 309,549. In Niger Issifa is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 48 percent live, Zinder Region, where 21 percent live and Maradi Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Niger it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 33 percent live and Ghana, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Issifah | 92 | 6 | / |
| Isssifa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Issifat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Isifa | 91 | 51 | / |
| Issifi | 83 | 9,304 | / |
| Isifah | 83 | 7 | / |
| Essifa | 83 | 6 | / |
| Iosifa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Issifo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Yisifa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Issufa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Isitfa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Isifea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Isaifa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Issifou | 77 | 35,742 | / |
| Oissife | 77 | 375 | / |
| Isssifi | 77 | 34 | / |
| Issifii | 77 | 8 | / |
| Issiffi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ishaifa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Issifuo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Issisfi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Iszsifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Idssifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Issidfi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Issiefi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Issifgi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Issifio | 77 | 1 | / |
| Issiofi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iossifi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yossifa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Esifa | 73 | 729 | / |
| Isife | 73 | 704 | / |
| Isufa | 73 | 80 | / |
| Usifa | 73 | 63 | / |
| Isifi | 73 | 43 | / |
| Isifo | 73 | 13 | / |
| Isyfa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Isjfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Isefa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Issiffou | 71 | 87 | / |
| Issoifou | 71 | 21 | / |
| Yissifou | 71 | 20 | / |
| Isssifou | 71 | 11 | / |
| Hissifou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aissifou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uissifou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Issouyfa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Issoifoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Issifoij | 71 | 1 | / |
| Issidfou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Issufo | 67 | 49,046 | / |
| Iosefa | 67 | 654 | / |
| Itsifo | 67 | 41 | / |
| Usaifa | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ishifi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Isifeh | 67 | 28 | / |
| Isifou | 67 | 21 | / |
| Essifi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Isufai | 67 | 18 | / |
| Yisufa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ichifa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Yosifa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Husifa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ushifa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Esiffa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Usifah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Esiefa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ishefa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hisufa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Essefa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iscife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Isifhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Issyfo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Isifui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Izaifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ussufa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Issefi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hissiffou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iosifi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Isisfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Essify | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Issifa
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