Official Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Haiti

Official Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Official Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1711:592,03664,746
Haiti401:267,0989,069
Iran391:1,968,78370,616
France281:2,372,240182,981
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Official (150) may also be a first name.

Official Last Name Facts

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

The surname Official occurs in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Official click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Official? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 914,967th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Official occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Official reside; 60 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 59 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 752,187th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 150 people.

It is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 592,036. In The Philippines it is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 35 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 35 percent reside and Zamboanga Peninsula, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Haiti, where 14 percent reside and Iran, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oficial931,090/
Afficial882/
Officail881/
Aficial80902/
Ofecial801/
Ofitsial754/
Offishal751/
Offishall712/
Afical711/
Ofizal711/
Afecial6724/
Affizal6713/
Affisal678/
Ofishal673/
Haffizal632/
Oufissal631/
Affitzal631/
Affiezal631/
Ofishale631/
Afizal57116/
Afisal5715/
Hafizal53230/
Afaisal5320/
Afhizal531/
Ofezall531/
Afidzal531/
Afiszal531/
Afizzal531/
Affezal531/
Hafizzal509/
Hafidzal505/
Hafiezal503/
Hafiszal501/
Hafaizal501/
Afaishal501/

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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 Official
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