Joef Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Serbia

Joef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Joef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Joef (78) may also be a first name.

Joef Last Name Facts

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

Joef occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Joef? popularity and diffusion

The surname Joef is the 4,772,636th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Joef are found; 41 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Joef is also the 1,091,646th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 78 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 43 percent live, Lagos, where 29 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent live and Austria, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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 Joef
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