Kofo Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Kofo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kofo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1221:1,451,99055,913
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Lesotho291:70,0889,364
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Solomon Islands231:25,2194,941
Benin141:738,25740,906
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kofo (706) may also be a first name.

Kofo Last Name Facts

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

Kofo occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kofo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 919,444th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Kofo live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kofo is also the 310,909th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 706 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 24 percent live, Delta, where 22 percent live and Plateau, where 17 percent live. Barring Nigeria Kofo exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 11 percent live and Lesotho, where 10 percent live.

Kofo Last Name Statistics demography

Kofo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.51% less than the national average, earning R 93,852 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kofod892,349/
Koffo89538/
Kofos89372/
Kofou89135/
Koifo8992/
Koefo8972/
Koufo8916/
Khofo896/
Kofoi892/
Kofoa892/
Koïfo891/
Koufou80938/
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Koffou8059/
Kouffo8029/
Koeffo8010/
Kofosh801/
Koifos801/
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Kowfot801/
Khofoi801/
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Koufoa801/
Koufoh801/
Koyfos801/
Koffoi801/
Koffod800/
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Kofa755,786/
Kafo75808/
Kefo75125/
Cofo752/
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Kkoufou731/
Kouffou731/
Koffa678,014/
Kaffo671,408/
Kafoa67766/
Koufa67543/
Kafou67468/
Kapfo67260/
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Khafo67161/
Kafoi67138/
Kofah6779/
Kaefo6777/
Khofa6758/
Koifa6747/
Koefa6739/
Kuifo6735/
Keffo6734/
Kafoy6727/
Kuofa6726/
Cofod6719/
Kafod676/
Kafoo676/
Kopho675/
Khefo675/
Coffo674/
Kofaa672/
Kopfa672/
Kovoh672/
Keufo671/
Kefoh671/
Kepfo671/
Kefoi671/
Khoufout671/
Kafot671/
Koofa671/
Cofou671/
Ggkoffod670/
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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
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  • 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 Kofo
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