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
Ofou (Arabic: وفء) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ofou.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ofou is the 620,716th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,722,315 people. The last name Ofou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ofou are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ofou is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 41 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 619,380. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 72 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 41 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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