Josephe Surname
Approximately 914 people bear this surname
Josephe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 460 | 1:385,093 | 20,366 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| France | 74 | 1:897,604 | 104,173 |
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Josèphe (5) are calculated separately.
Josephe (20,319) may also be a first name.
Josephe Demographics
Average Josephe Salary in
United States
$68,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Josephe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josephe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Josephe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Josèphe. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Josephe? popularity and diffusion
Josephe is the 388,118th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,973,245 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Josephe live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Josephe is also the 37,362nd most widespread first name world-wide, held by 20,319 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 460 people, or 1 in 385,093. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 11 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 10 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 19 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found.
Josephe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Josephe has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 48 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Josephe Last Name Statistics demography
Josephe earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 59.33% more than the national average, earning $68,750 USD per year.
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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
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