Issouf Surname
Approximately 13,354 people bear this surname
Issouf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6,453 | 1:2,974 | 306 |
| Ivory Coast | 3,267 | 1:7,062 | 625 |
| France | 1,234 | 1:53,827 | 7,095 |
| Mali | 1,226 | 1:13,841 | 614 |
| Comoros | 663 | 1:1,131 | 163 |
| Burkina Faso | 339 | 1:54,136 | 2,333 |
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| Madagascar | 25 | 1:945,993 | 2,355 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Issouf (114,856) may also be a first name.
Issouf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issouf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Issouf is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Issouf? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 39,311th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 545,720 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Issouf are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 8,967th most frequent first name in the world, held by 114,856 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 6,453 people, or 1 in 2,974. In Niger Issouf is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 43 percent live, Agadez Region, where 17 percent live and Diffa Region, where 12 percent live. Barring Niger Issouf exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent live and France, where 9 percent live.
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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
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