Oforiwaah Surname
Approximately 351 people bear this surname
Oforiwaah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oforiwaah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oforiwaah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oforiwaah is most common in Ghana. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oforiwaah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 799,576th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. Oforiwaah is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oforiwaah are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Not including Ghana this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Oforiwaah
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