Josefa Surname
Approximately 1,785 people bear this surname
Josefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 644 | 1:192,743 | 5,312 |
| Dominican Republic | 308 | 1:33,873 | 1,918 |
| Brazil | 237 | 1:903,267 | 32,376 |
| Lesotho | 112 | 1:18,148 | 3,866 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| Angola | 49 | 1:550,800 | 2,323 |
| Netherlands | 36 | 1:469,088 | 46,010 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Cape Verde | 7 | 1:75,663 | 2,587 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Josefa (1,239,602) may also be a first name.
Josefa Demographics
Average Josefa Salary in
United States
$20,900 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Josefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Josefa (Arabic: جوسيفا, Hindi: जोसेफा, Marathi: जोसेफा) is found most in Mexico. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Josefa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 227,277th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,082,659 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Josefa are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 36 percent are found in Hispano-North America. It is also the 651st most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,239,602 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is held by 644 people, or 1 in 192,743. In Mexico Josefa is most frequent in: Puebla, where 25 percent are found, Veracruz, where 22 percent are found and San Luis Potosí, where 13 percent are found. Barring Mexico this last name occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in The Dominican Republic, where 17 percent are found and Brazil, where 13 percent are found.
Josefa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Josefa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Josefa surname grew 1,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Josefa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Josefa earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 74.54% less than the national average, earning R 60,504 per year and in United States they earn 51.56% less than the national average, earning $20,900 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Josefa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Josefa in the Hindi language | ||
| जोसेफा | josepha | - |
| Josefa in the Marathi language | ||
| जोसेफा | josepha | 69.23 |
| जोसेफ | josepha | 23.08 |
| जोसफ | josapha | 7.69 |
| Josefa in the Arabic language | ||
| جوسيفا | jwsyfa | - |
| جوزيفا | jwzyfa | - |
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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 Josefa
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