Ofele Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Ofele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Öfele (122) are calculated separately.
Ofele (59) may also be a first name.
Ofele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ofele is most common in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant: Öfele. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,612,213th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ofele live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ofele is also the 1,282,666th most frequently held given name world-wide. It is borne by 59 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 247,251. In Cameroon Ofele is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 95 percent live, Littoral Region, where 2 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
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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 Ofele
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