Ofora Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Ofora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 165 | 1:1,073,592 | 44,679 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
Ofora (11) may also be a first name.
Ofora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ofora occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ofora.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofora? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,044,719th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name Ofora is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Ofora live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 11 people.
The last name Ofora is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 29 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 16 percent reside and Abia, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent reside.
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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 Ofora
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