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.

DNA test information

Jolofani Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

Jolofani occurs most in Malawi. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jolofani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,333,288th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jolofani live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jolofani is also the 701,320th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 170 people.

The last name Jolofani is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Other than Malawi this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Jolofani
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