Ofiyai Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ofiyai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ofiyai 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
Nigeria951:1,864,66166,902
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ofiyai Last Name Facts

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

Ofiyai occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofiyai? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,806,862nd most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname Ofiyai is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ofiyai reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ofiyai is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 51 percent live, Bayelsa, where 22 percent live and Rivers, where 20 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

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
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Afiyaa672/
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Afiyaj671/
Ofuyoa671/
Ofaiji671/
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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 Ofiyai
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