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 most common in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yosefe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Yosefe is the 72,542nd most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,072,329 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yosefe live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 108,541st most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 4,110 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 5,956 people, or 1 in 16,378. Excluding Ethiopia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found 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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