Ofum Surname

315,974th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ofum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ofum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1511:153,9039,715
Cameroon261:798,81055,510
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ofum (63) may also be a first name.

Ofum Last Name Facts

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

Ofum is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofum? popularity and diffusion

It is the 315,974th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,139,466 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ofum reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ofum is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 63 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,151 people, or 1 in 153,903. In Nigeria Ofum is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 61 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 26 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Ofum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ofum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ofum last name grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Offum89402/
Ofume89352/
Gofum891/
Offoum8019/
Ofuime803/
O'Fume801/
Afum752,697/
Ofun75206/
Ofom7570/
Efum7521/
Offusim731/
Affum6710,373/
Effum671,054/
Ofune67245/
Afoum6732/
Afume678/
Ofunn678/
Ofoun675/
Aefum674/
Gofun674/
Ofung673/
Offun672/
Ofuun672/
Offom672/
Afaum671/
Ofunk671/
Ouchfoum671/
Ofgun671/
Afgum671/
Ofaun670/

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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 Ofum
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