Offisong Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Offisong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Offisong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1261:1,405,89554,600
England11:55,718,059489,080

Offisong Last Name Facts

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

The surname Offisong has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Offisong? popularity and diffusion

Offisong is the 1,596,935th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname Offisong is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Offisong live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 55 percent reside, Cross River, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Offisong occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Offfisong941/
Offison931/
Ofisong931/
Affisong8815/
Ofoisong881/
Afisong8028/
Offesson7543/
Gaffison755/
Affisang751/
Offissan751/
Affission711/
Officen6729/
Ozfisan6720/
Hoffgesang677/
Hafison671/
Hofeson670/

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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 Offisong
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis