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
Ofie is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 653,013th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. The surname Ofie is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ofie reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ofie is also the 389,041st most commonly used first name globally, borne by 478 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 578,898. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 29 percent are found, Edo, where 13 percent are found and Cross River, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 28 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Ofie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ofie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ofie last name decreased 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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