Josefo Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Josefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Josefo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Josefo (120) may also be a first name.

Josefo Last Name Facts

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

Josefo occurs most in Brazil. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Josefo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Josefo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Josefo is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Josefo is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Josefo are found; 85 percent are found in South America and 85 percent are found in Luso-South America. Josefo is also the 852,104th most frequent first name on earth, held by 120 people.

The surname Josefo is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 9,307,580. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Minas Gerais, where 70 percent live, Bahia, where 9 percent live and Ceará, where 4 percent live. Besides Brazil Josefo exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 7 percent live and Angola, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Josefa831,785/
Iosefo83141/
Sosefo8317/
Josafo831/
Djossefou801/
Jossefa776,186/
Josefat77140/
Josepho7735/
Josefha775/
Josefas775/
Josefaz773/
Sosefou773/
Yousefo772/
Joshefa772/
Jozefho771/
Eosefou771/
Jozefou771/
Josephoo714/
Josefaat711/
Yosefa671,158/
Josafa67915/
Iosefa67654/
Jozefa6727/
Jasefa6710/
Hosefa677/
Jožefa674/
Josifa674/
Jusefa672/
Yousseffo671/
Cosefa671/
Jocefa671/
Josofa671/
Josephous671/
Casefo670/

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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 Josefo
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