Issofa Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Issofa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Issofa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon641:324,51729,689
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Issofa (6,963) may also be a first name.

Issofa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Issofa occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Issofa.

How Common Is The Last Name Issofa? popularity and diffusion

Issofa is the 2,007,164th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Issofa reside; 72 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Issofa is also the 77,837th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 6,963 people.

This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon Issofa is mostly found in: West Region, where 75 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 16 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 22 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Issofa
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