Ofiar Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Ofiar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ofiar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines121:8,436,519202,133
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Ofiar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ofiar is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofiar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Ofiar is mostly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Ofiar live; 75 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 8,436,519. In The Philippines Ofiar is primarily concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 92 percent live and Ilocos, where 8 percent live. Apart from The Philippines it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ofiare9165/
Gofiar918/
Offiar910/
Odfiare831/
Afiar807/
Ofior801/
Efiar801/
Ophiar7318/
Afiare7316/
Asfiar7314/
Gofjar736/
Gafiar734/
Afijar733/
Azfiar731/
Ofearr731/
Hasfiar675/
Ashfiar674/
Gaffiar671/
Hafijar671/

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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 Ofiar
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