Ofokansi Surname

549,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 581 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Guyana

Ofokansi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ofokansi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5151:343,96718,639
United States351:10,355,970420,657
England241:2,321,58686,519
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Ofokansi (17) may also be a first name.

Ofokansi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ofokansi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofokansi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 549,848th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,543,108 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Ofokansi live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 515 people, or 1 in 343,967. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 18 percent reside, Enugu, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Ofokansi Last Name Statistics demography

Ofokansi earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.64% more than the national average, earning $43,427 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Offokansi9489/
Ofokansy883/
Afokansi882/
Ofokanci881/
Ofokanse881/
Ofakansi881/
Afokonzi6321/
Afokondji59130/
Afukansay591/
Afakange5041/

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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 Ofokansi
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