Josefine Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Josefine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Josefine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Josefine (58,741) may also be a first name.

Josefine Last Name Facts

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

The surname Josefine (Marathi: जोसेिफने) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Josefine? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Josefine occurs predominantly in Europe, where 42 percent of Josefine are found; 31 percent are found in Western Europe and 31 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Josefine is also the 16,143rd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 58,741 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 50 percent are found, Florida, where 25 percent are found and California, where 13 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 27 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 percent are found.

Josefine Last Name Statistics demography

Josefine earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.67% less than the national average, earning $28,188 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Josefine Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Josefine in the Marathi language
जोसेिफनेjoseiphane66.67
जोसेफीनेjosephine33.33

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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 Josefine
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