Ofua Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Ofua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 363 | 1:487,997 | 24,474 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ofua (45) may also be a first name.
Ofua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ofua occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 722,496th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ofua reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ofua is also the 1,504,468th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 45 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 487,997. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 50 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Ofua exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofuah | 89 | 19 | / |
| Offua | 89 | 4 | / |
| Ofuas | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ofuoa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Offuah | 80 | 64 | / |
| Ofuoha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Obua | 75 | 9,955 | / |
| Afua | 75 | 7,536 | / |
| Efua | 75 | 1,552 | / |
| Ovua | 75 | 741 | / |
| Ofuo | 75 | 88 | / |
| Ofwa | 75 | 14 | / |
| Oubba | 67 | 731 | / |
| Gafua | 67 | 34 | / |
| Hobua | 67 | 22 | / |
| Offuo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ahfua | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ofuho | 67 | 12 | / |
| Affua | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gofwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Effua | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hafua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owhua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ofuoh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afuad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ohbua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afuae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oubua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obuaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovuoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovuaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uifua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouwva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obhua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apfua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofuos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovuat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afwua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hefua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obuaj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afuoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afuat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Govua | 67 | 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 Ofua
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