Ofegbu Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Ofegbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 110 | 1:1,610,389 | 60,100 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ofegbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofegbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ofegbu occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ofegbu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofegbu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,701,480th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ofegbu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ofegbu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 1,610,389. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 31 percent reside, Enugu, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 22 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Ofegbu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofoegbu | 92 | 7,698 | / |
| Ofeagbu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Offegbu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Ofaegbu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Ofiegbu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ofeugbu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Offoegbu | 86 | 45 | / |
| Offeigbu | 86 | 6 | / |
| Ofoegbuh | 86 | 3 | / |
| Uofoegbu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ofoegbuu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ofoeggbu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ofogbu | 83 | 43 | / |
| Ofegwu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afegbu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afoegbu | 77 | 18 | / |
| Afaegbu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Offogbu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Afegbuh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afogbu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofiekwu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Offekwu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Ofeikwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ofeukwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ophagbu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ofikwu | 50 | 869 | / |
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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 Ofegbu
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