Hofi Surname
Approximately 823 people bear this surname
Hofi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 454 | 1:116,611 | 11,160 |
| Indonesia | 200 | 1:661,246 | 51,715 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hofi (691) may also be a first name.
Hofi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hofi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hofi is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Hofi.
How Common Is The Last Name Hofi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 421,345th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,854,855 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Hofi reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 314,578th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 691 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 454 people, or 1 in 116,611. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 99 percent live, Arusha Region, where 0 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 0 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 24 percent live and Egypt, where 15 percent live.
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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 Hofi
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