Awofemi Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awofemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Awofemi 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
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Awofemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awofemi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awofemi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Awofemi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Awofemi live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ekiti, where 56 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Ondo, where 19 percent live. Barring Nigeria Awofemi exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 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
Owofemi8640/
Awefemi869/
Abofemi862/
Obafemi7115,221/
Abafemi712/
Ouwafemi6732/
Oobafemi674/
Obafeimi673/
Obaafemi671/
Obafemiy671/
Obafimi572/
Obafèmi571/
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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 Awofemi
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