The Koffi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 377 people carried this name — #54,637 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted. That is up 142% from 156 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 149 people named Koffi.
Most of them — 117 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
101 people named Koffi live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 78 people named Koffi live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
27 people named Koffi is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Koffi in American newspapers,
1881–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 502 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Koffi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albert Bessanvi Koffi 1952– · singer -
Tiburce Koffi 1955– · writer -
Paul Koffi Koffi 1957– · politician -
Francis Koffi 1981– · basketball player -
Joël Koffi 1984– · rugby union player -
Barthélemy Koffi 1958– · athletics competitor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 29 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Koffi.
- Koenig 22,499 · U.S. census
- Koeppel 1,221 · U.S. census
- Koerber 1,488 · U.S. census
- Koerper 244 · U.S. census
- Koestel 124 · U.S. census
- Koffel 311 · U.S. census
- Koffler 868 · U.S. census
- Kogut 1,600 · U.S. census
- Kohen 743 · U.S. census
- Kohl 9,303 · U.S. census
- Kohler 16,686 · U.S. census
- Kohn 9,701 · U.S. census
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