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 last name Issouf has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Issouf? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 39,311th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 545,720 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Issouf live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 8,967th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 114,856 people.
The surname Issouf is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 6,453 people, or 1 in 2,974. In Niger Issouf is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 43 percent are found, Agadez Region, where 17 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 12 percent are found. Other than Niger this last name exists in 19 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent are found and France, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Issouf
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