Ofou Surname
Approximately 495 people bear this surname
Ofou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 286 | 1:619,380 | 29,421 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ofou (41) may also be a first name.
Ofou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ofou (Arabic: وفء) is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ofou is the 620,716th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ofou live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 41 people.
Ofou is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 619,380. In Nigeria Ofou is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 72 percent live, Bayelsa, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 41 percent live and The Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ofou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ofou in the Arabic language | ||
| وفء | wf | - |
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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 Ofou
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