Ofuafo Surname

530,215th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 610 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ofuafo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ofuafo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6081:291,35316,360
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Ofuafo (116) may also be a first name.

Ofuafo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ofuafo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ofuafo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofuafo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 530,215th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,946,797 people. The surname Ofuafo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ofuafo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 116 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 608 people, or 1 in 291,353. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 75 percent are found, Edo, where 12 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ofafo9113/
Ofufo911/
Afuafo8333/
Ofaufo8327/
Ofuafu8312/
Ofafou831/
Ofuafa831/
Ofuofo831/
Ofwafo831/
Ofoafo831/
Ofoufo831/
Ofeafo831/
Ufuafo831/
Ofiaifo772/
Ofuafua771/
Ofafa73185/
Ofofo7392/
Efafo7355/
Ofufe7336/
Ifafo736/
Afafo735/
Ofiuf733/
Ofufa733/
Ofifo732/
Offof731/
Offov731/
Ofafe731/
Oufaf731/
Ofufu731/
Ofaff730/
Afouafou715/
Ofu Ofoi713/
Ifuafe6755/
Ofuife677/
Youfuf675/
Youfaf674/
Afuafi673/
Affouafou672/
Afuafu671/
Ofaifi671/
Oifufu671/
Oufafa671/
Avoufo671/
Ofuofu671/
Ofofio671/
Ofefua671/
Afafoh671/
Abuofa5016/

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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 Ofuafo
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis