Ofemu Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Ofemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ofemu (16) may also be a first name.
Ofemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ofemu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofemu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,755,741st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ofemu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name globally It is held by 16 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 49 percent are found, Delta, where 34 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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 Ofemu
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