Ofiwa Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Botswana

Ofiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ofiwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria651:2,725,27387,396
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Ofiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ofiwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofiwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,352,516th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ofiwa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Ofiwa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 74 percent reside, Ogun, where 20 percent reside and Oyo, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ofiwe8019/
Afiwa8013/
Ofuwa8012/
Ofewa806/
Ofiewe7355/
Ofewah7333/
Afiwoa732/
Ofeswa731/
Affiwa731/
Offewa731/
Afiwah731/
Ofeshwa673/
Offuewa673/
Ofeibea672/
Affiwai671/
Effiwah671/
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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 Ofiwa
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