Ofafa Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Ofafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 143 | 1:322,936 | 19,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ofafa Demographics
Ofafa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ofafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ofafa occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,248,410th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Ofafa are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 143 people, or 1 in 322,936. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 48 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 45 percent reside and Migori County, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Ofafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ofafa
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