Ofie Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Ofie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 306 | 1:578,898 | 27,971 |
| Benin | 131 | 1:78,898 | 9,362 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Ofie (478) may also be a first name.
Ofie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ofie is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ofie is the 653,013th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name Ofie is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ofie are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 389,041st most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 478 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 578,898. In Nigeria Ofie is most frequent in: Delta, where 29 percent reside, Edo, where 13 percent reside and Cross River, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Ofie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ofie has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Ofie
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