Jolofani Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Jolofani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jolofani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Jolofani (170) may also be a first name.

Jolofani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jolofani is found most frequently in Malawi. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jolofani.

How Common Is The Last Name Jolofani? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,333,288th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name Jolofani occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jolofani reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Jolofani is also the 701,320th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 170 people.

It is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Beside Malawi Jolofani occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jolofana881/
Cholofani822/
Jolophani821/
Zolafani757/
Solafani751/
Scalofani711/
Zolafany631/
Khalafani59237/
Scalafani5927/
Holophane592/
Khoulafane569/

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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 Jolofani
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