Josephant Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Josephant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Josephant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Josephant (264) may also be a first name.

Josephant Last Name Facts

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

Josephant is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Josephant? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Josephant is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Josephant reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 547,545th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 264 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Josephant is mostly found in: Kogi, where 50 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Ondo, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 12 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Josephan943/
Josephain897/
Josaphant892/
Josephent891/
Yosephan8211/
Josephon826/
Josipant822/
Josephong781/
Josephone781/
Josefhaan781/
Josipan7514/
Josefan752/
Josepheine741/
Josefain717/
Josiphon711/
Iosipant711/
Jasapant711/
Saseephan671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Josephant
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