Josephate Surname

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

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Congo

Josephate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Josephate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania211:2,521,02948,569
Congo51:997,81917,129
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Josephate (942) may also be a first name.

Josephate Last Name Facts

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

The last name Josephate is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Josephate? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Josephate is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Josephate reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Josephate is also the 263,269th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 942 people.

The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 2,521,029. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Arusha Region, where 43 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 19 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 19 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Josephate exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.

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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 Josephate
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