Ofere Surname
Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname
Ofere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,270 | 1:139,482 | 8,973 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Ofere (80) may also be a first name.
Ofere Demographics
Ofere Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ofere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ofere is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofere? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ofere is the 290,346th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,525,054 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ofere live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ofere is also the 1,075,395th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 80 people.
Ofere is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,270 people, or 1 in 139,482. In Nigeria Ofere is primarily found in: Cross River, where 23 percent are found, Ekiti, where 18 percent are found and Delta, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Sudan, where 1 percent are found.
Ofere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally 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
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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 Ofere
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