Offum Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Offum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 375 | 1:472,381 | 23,815 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Offum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Offum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Offum occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Offum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Offum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 723,769th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Offum are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Offum is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 375 people, or 1 in 472,381. In Nigeria Offum is most common in: Cross River, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offoum | 91 | 19 | / |
| Ofum | 89 | 1,187 | / |
| Offusim | 83 | 1 | / |
| Affum | 80 | 10,373 | / |
| Effum | 80 | 1,054 | / |
| Ofume | 80 | 352 | / |
| Offun | 80 | 2 | / |
| Offom | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gofum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Affoum | 73 | 249 | / |
| Ofuime | 73 | 3 | / |
| Effeum | 73 | 3 | / |
| Offune | 73 | 1 | / |
| Offoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Effuim | 73 | 1 | / |
| O'Fume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Affume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoffun | 73 | 0 | / |
| Afum | 67 | 2,697 | / |
| Ofun | 67 | 206 | / |
| Ofom | 67 | 70 | / |
| Efum | 67 | 21 | / |
| Affusim | 67 | 17 | / |
| Offunne | 67 | 13 | / |
| Offoune | 67 | 8 | / |
| Affoume | 67 | 3 | / |
| Offoung | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hoffomm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Offfune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoffung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoffunn | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Offum
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