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/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 315,974th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 6,139,466 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 63 people.
The surname Ofum is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,151 people, or 1 in 153,903. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 61 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 26 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Ofum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ofum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ofum last name rose 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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