Obukofe Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Obukofe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Obukofe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obukofe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obukofe is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obukofe.
How Common Is The Last Name Obukofe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Obukofe live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Obukofe is primarily found in: Delta, where 74 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Osun, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Obukofe
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