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

Ofokansi occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofokansi? popularity and diffusion

Ofokansi is the 549,848th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 12,543,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ofokansi live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ofokansi is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 515 people, or 1 in 343,967. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 18 percent live, Enugu, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

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/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis