Musifi Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Musifi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Musifi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Musifi (54) may also be a first name.

Musifi Last Name Facts

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

Musifi (Russian: Мусифи) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musifi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Musifi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Musifi are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Musifi is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 54 people.

The surname Musifi is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Musifi is most frequent in: Oyo, where 53 percent live, Lagos, where 40 percent live and Osun, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Musifai923/
Mausaifi864/
Musifa8336/
Mosifi8317/
Musefi834/
Muzifi831/
Mushefi7750/
Musaifa7713/
Musyofi7712/
Mushifa772/
Mussefi771/
Musefid771/
Musuifa771/
Musaifer711/
Moushefi711/
Musefa674,351/
Mosifa67367/
Mosife6770/
Mosefi6711/
Mozifi672/
Musefe671/
Moussefie671/
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Musifi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Musifi in the Russian language
Мусифиmusifi-

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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 Musifi
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