Isufu Surname

300,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Isufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Isufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2071:146,7639,341
Cameroon371:561,32643,620
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Isufu (1,611) may also be a first name.

Isufu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Isufu (Hindi: इसुफू, Marathi: इसुफु) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Isufu.

How Common Is The Last Name Isufu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Isufu is the 300,866th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,770,028 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Isufu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 192,490th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 1,611 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,207 people, or 1 in 146,763. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 77 percent are found, Sokoto, where 8 percent are found and Yobe, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Isufu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Isufu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Isufu in the Hindi language
इसुफूisuphu-
Isufu in the Marathi language
इसुफुisuphu-

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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 Isufu
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