Oforka Surname
Approximately 838 people bear this surname
Oforka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 825 | 1:214,718 | 12,752 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oforka (44) may also be a first name.
Oforka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oforka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oforka is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oforka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 415,385th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,696,356 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oforka live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 44 people.
Oforka is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 825 people, or 1 in 214,718. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 36 percent reside, Lagos, where 22 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Angola, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offorka | 92 | 308 | / |
| Oforkaja | 86 | 99 | / |
| Oforkaia | 86 | 3 | / |
| Aforka | 83 | 255 | / |
| Oforke | 83 | 21 | / |
| Ofurka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Offorkaja | 80 | 18 | / |
| Hoferka | 77 | 33 | / |
| Oforkee | 77 | 9 | / |
| Offorke | 77 | 3 | / |
| Efforka | 77 | 3 | / |
| Aforkah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Offorkee | 71 | 25 | / |
| Offorker | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aforkaah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hofferka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aforke | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ofarko | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aforki | 67 | 10 | / |
| Afurka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Afarka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eforko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aferka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Offorkihe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofarca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oforche | 62 | 15 | / |
| Afurkaa | 62 | 4 | / |
| Afforko | 62 | 1 | / |
| Affarka | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gafarkha | 57 | 18 | / |
| Afourkou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Afarki | 50 | 10 | / |
| Afarko | 50 | 1 | / |
| Aforce | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Oforka
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