Joufa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Joufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Joufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Joufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Joufa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻔﻪ) is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Joufa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Joufa is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Joufa live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Joufa is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 13 percent are found and Mauritania, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Joufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Joufa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺠﻔﻪ | aljfh | - |
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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 Joufa
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