Josefe Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Josefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Josefe (333) may also be a first name.
Josefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Josefe (Hindi: जोसेफे, Marathi: जोसेफॅ) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Josefe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Josefe is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. Josefe occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Josefe live; 48 percent live in South America and 48 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 479,726th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 333 people.
It is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 14,271,622. In Brazil Josefe is mostly found in: Espírito Santo, where 67 percent are found, Paraná, where 20 percent are found and Bahia, where 7 percent are found. Besides Brazil it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
Josefe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Josefe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Josefe last name increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Josefe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Josefe in the Hindi language | ||
| जोसेफे | josephe | - |
| Josefe in the Marathi language | ||
| जोसेफॅ | josephe | - |
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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 Josefe
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