Nwofe Surname
Approximately 5,594 people bear this surname
Nwofe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,591 | 1:31,684 | 2,643 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwofe (1,034) may also be a first name.
Nwofe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwofe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwofe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwofe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nwofe is the 86,157th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,302,743 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwofe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 249,427th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 1,034 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,591 people, or 1 in 31,684. In Nigeria Nwofe is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 90 percent live, Lagos, where 4 percent live and Cross River, where 1 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwofie | 91 | 22 | / |
| Nwofer | 91 | 5 | / |
| Nwofeh | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nwoefe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwoofe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwoife | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwof | 89 | 4 | / |
| Nwafe | 80 | 77 | / |
| Nwefe | 80 | 50 | / |
| Nwofa | 80 | 20 | / |
| Nwofi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nwofj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nwoffieh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwophe | 73 | 215 | / |
| Nwafee | 73 | 57 | / |
| Nwefie | 73 | 27 | / |
| Nwafea | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nwaefe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nwafeh | 73 | 13 | / |
| Nwafer | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nwafie | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nwefee | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwafeu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwoifa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwefeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwoffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwofoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nweufe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwafes | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Wafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwofoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuofer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nuoffer | 67 | 310 | / |
| Nwaf | 67 | 8 | / |
| Nwaffeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwov | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nwow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwafihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nvoffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuhoffe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Nwofe
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