Nwofu Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Nwofu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nwofu (30) may also be a first name.
Nwofu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwofu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwofu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwofu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,775,494th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwofu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwofu is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 30 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 1,671,158. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 43 percent live, Benue, where 30 percent live and Delta, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwopfu | 91 | 16 | / |
| Nwofuh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nwophfu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Nwefu | 80 | 55 | / |
| Nwafu | 80 | 40 | / |
| Nwophu | 73 | 26 | / |
| Nwofoe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Nwaefu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Nwasfu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nwafeu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nwazfu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nwafou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nwaffeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nboufou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwgafou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbofu | 60 | 92 | / |
| Nwephu | 55 | 25 | / |
| Mbofou | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mbofeu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Mboufou | 50 | 13 | / |
| Mboufeu | 50 | 12 | / |
| Nwazphu | 50 | 4 | / |
| Nwophoe | 50 | 4 | / |
| Nwaphau | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwofu
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