Ofum Surname
Approximately 1,187 people bear this surname
Ofum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,151 | 1:153,903 | 9,715 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offum | 89 | 402 | / |
| Ofume | 89 | 352 | / |
| Gofum | 89 | 1 | / |
| Offoum | 80 | 19 | / |
| Ofuime | 80 | 3 | / |
| O'Fume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afum | 75 | 2,697 | / |
| Ofun | 75 | 206 | / |
| Ofom | 75 | 70 | / |
| Efum | 75 | 21 | / |
| Offusim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Affum | 67 | 10,373 | / |
| Effum | 67 | 1,054 | / |
| Ofune | 67 | 245 | / |
| Afoum | 67 | 32 | / |
| Afume | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ofunn | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ofoun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aefum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gofun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ofung | 67 | 3 | / |
| Offun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ofuun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Offom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofunk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouchfoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofgun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afgum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofaun | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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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