Josafina Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Josafina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Josafina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India231:33,350,669396,143
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Josafina (785) may also be a first name.

Josafina Last Name Facts

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

The last name Josafina (Hindi: जोसफीना, Marathi: जोसफीना) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Josafina.

How Common Is The Last Name Josafina? popularity and diffusion

Josafina is the 4,034,050th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Josafina reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Josafina is also the 292,694th most numerous forename internationally. It is borne by 785 people.

It is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 33,350,669. In India it is most frequent in: Chhattisgarh, where 87 percent reside and Rajasthan, where 13 percent reside. Excluding India Josafina occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Josafina Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Josafina in the Marathi language
जोसफीनाjosaphina-
Josafina in the Hindi language
जोसफीनाjosaphina93.75
जोसफिनाjosaphina6.25

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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 Josafina
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