Ofal Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Ofal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ofal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger211:913,90620,544
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Ofal (71) may also be a first name.

Ofal Last Name Facts

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

Ofal occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Ofal live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 71 people.

Ofal is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 913,906. In Niger Ofal is most numerous in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Niger it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ofalt8945/
Ofale8941/
Gofal8915/
Offal898/
Hofal893/
Oufal892/
Ofall891/
Oofal891/
Osfald8018/
Goufal8013/
O'Falt805/
Hosfal803/
Hofahl803/
Oudfal802/
Oufale801/
O'Fall801/
Oofail801/
Hofale801/
Oufalt801/
Ouffal801/
Ofaile801/
Goffal801/
Houfal801/
Oufail801/
Offale800/
Hopfal800/
Osfall800/
Osfahl800/
Afal75306/
Efal7515/
Ofol7512/
Hoffalt7353/
Hosfall7333/
Ofaille731/
Ossfalt730/
Hoffald730/
Offeald730/
Afale671,195/
Atfal67391/
Ofole67387/
Hafal67214/
Gafal67209/
Asfal67114/
Azfal6747/
Afaal6727/
Affal6722/
Afgal6719/
Afajl6711/
Adfal6710/
Effal677/
Ofeil677/
Hefal674/
Afasl673/
Efail672/
Afail672/
Aafal672/
Efall671/
Afhal671/
Aefal671/
Ophal671/
Afahl671/
Afall671/
Ofoul671/
Efaal671/
Hossfall670/
Apfal670/

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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 Ofal
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