Issoufa Surname
Approximately 10,419 people bear this surname
Issoufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7,451 | 1:2,576 | 270 |
| Cameroon | 1,572 | 1:13,212 | 1,802 |
| France | 542 | 1:122,551 | 18,551 |
| Burkina Faso | 305 | 1:60,171 | 2,464 |
| Benin | 279 | 1:37,045 | 4,786 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Issoufa (6,936) may also be a first name.
Issoufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Issoufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Issoufa is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Issoufa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 49,380th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 699,448 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Issoufa live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 78,044th most prevalent given name in the world It is held by 6,936 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 7,451 people, or 1 in 2,576. In Niger Issoufa is most numerous in: Zinder Region, where 72 percent live, Diffa Region, where 8 percent live and Agadez Region, where 5 percent live. Barring Niger Issoufa is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent live and France, where 5 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Issoufa
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