Offing Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Offing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Offing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria681:2,605,04184,856
Ivory Coast121:1,922,60335,802
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Offing (36) may also be a first name.

Offing Last Name Facts

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

Offing is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Offing.

How Common Is The Last Name Offing? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,047,559th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Offing reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Offing is also the 1,717,090th most common first name internationally It is held by 36 people.

Offing is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 41 percent are found, Cross River, where 40 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Offiong9215,908/
Hoffing9272/
Goffing9260/
Offieng921/
Oeffing921/
Offin911,483/
Ofing9113/
Offng9110/
Offfiong868/
Hoeffing862/
Ooffiong861/
Offiongh861/
Goffin838,532/
Effing83994/
Hofing83158/
Ofiong83151/
Offion8385/
Affing8374/
Hoffin8367/
Gofing8317/
Offina8310/
Offien832/
Uoffng831/
Ooffng831/
Offfin831/
Ofings831/
Offind831/
Ofin80191/
Offn8017/
Affiong772,856/
Hoefing7791/
Gaffing7771/
Goffeng7751/
Houffin7729/
Haffing7716/
Gouffin776/
Heffing776/
Hopfing772/
Goiffin771/
Epffing771/
Effieng771/
Hoffien770/
Hoofing770/
Gooffin770/
Offen732,193/
Affin73505/
Offim73300/
Ofina73182/
Ofion73170/
Efing73150/
Gofin7385/
Afing7372/
Ofien7350/
Hofin7332/
Ofinn7311/
Ofgin737/
Otfin735/
Offne734/
Odfin733/
Ofeng731/
Osfin731/
Hoffengh716/
Afpfiong714/
Affionng711/
Houffijn711/
Gaffin67922/
Afiong67171/
Hafing67153/
Effeng67150/
Hoffen67126/
Ofinke6743/
Goffen6739/
Höfing6732/
Afuing6722/
Haffin6717/
Affyng6717/
Affion6715/
Outfin6714/
Ofn6711/
Gofina6710/
Auffin678/
Effink678/
Affien678/
Affina674/
Affind674/
O'Finn673/
Offend672/
Ouffen672/
Gofeng672/
Offent671/
Oofink671/
Hoofin671/
Hosfin671/
Affink671/
Ahfing671/
Odpfin671/
Ofinne671/
Houfin671/
Oufina671/
Oufint671/
Affeng671/
Ahffin671/
Hofind670/
Hoffim670/

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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 Offing
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