Joshef Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Joshef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 145 | 1:5,290,106 | 129,949 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Joshef (1,684) may also be a first name.
Joshef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joshef Come From? nationality or country of origin
Joshef (Bengali: যোসেফ, Hindi: जोशेफ, Marathi: जोशेफ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Joshef? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,300,225th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Joshef are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 187,521st most frequent forename on earth, borne by 1,684 people.
The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 5,290,106. In India it is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 50 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 23 percent are found and Bihar, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Joshef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Joshef in the Hindi language | ||
| जोशेफ | josepha | - |
| Joshef in the Marathi language | ||
| जोशेफ | josepha | 88.72 |
| जोशेफ़ | josefa | 6.02 |
| जोसेफ | josepha | 3.76 |
| Joshef in the Bengali language | ||
| যোসেফ | yosepha | 25 |
| জোসেফ | josepha | 25 |
| জোশেফ | josepha | 25 |
| যোষেফ | yosepha | 12.5 |
| য়োশেফ | yosepha | 12.5 |
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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 Joshef
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