Yosefe Surname
Approximately 6,796 people bear this surname
Yosefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 5,956 | 1:16,378 | 2,240 |
| Malawi | 784 | 1:21,836 | 3,343 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Yosefe (4,110) may also be a first name.
Yosefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yosefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yosefe (Marathi: योसेफॅ) is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yosefe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 72,542nd most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,072,329 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yosefe reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Yosefe is also the 108,541st most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 4,110 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 5,956 people, or 1 in 16,378. Not including Ethiopia this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 12 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yosefe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yosefe in the Marathi language | ||
| योसेफॅ | yosephe | - |
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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 Yosefe
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