Awofisoye Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awofisoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Awofisoye 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
Nigeria2921:606,65328,963
England21:27,859,030389,889

Awofisoye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awofisoye is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Awofisoye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Awofisoye is the 906,170th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname Awofisoye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Awofisoye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 606,653. In Nigeria Awofisoye is primarily found in: Osun, where 75 percent live, Lagos, where 7 percent live and Oyo, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 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
Awofesoye893/
Awofisaye892/
Awofisayo78693/
Obafisoye78126/
Awofisajo782/
Awofishayo741/
Awofusayo677/
Owofisayo673/
Obafisaye671/
Awofesayo671/

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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 Awofisoye
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