Jofiri Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Jofiri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jofiri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Jofiri (13) may also be a first name.

Jofiri Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jofiri is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jofiri? popularity and diffusion

Jofiri is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Jofiri is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jofiri live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

This last name is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 908,132. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 94 percent are found and Midlands Province, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jofiris921/
Jafiri83120/
Jofira8350/
Jofire8313/
Sofiri8312/
Jofuri831/
Zhofiri77346/
Jaffiri7724/
Chofiri7710/
Zofitri779/
Jofferi774/
Jahfiri773/
Soufiri772/
Joffiry771/
Joyferi771/
Soffiri771/
Joufira771/
Houfairi71204/
Djaafiri711/
Jaffairi711/
Safiri671,971/
Jaferi67635/
Zafiri67271/
Soferi6765/
Coferi6764/
Jafira6751/
Jafiry6741/
Hafiri6731/
Jafire6718/
Jofery6716/
Jafuri6715/
Jofere673/
Zoferi672/
Coféri671/

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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 Jofiri
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