Ofunya Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ofunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ofunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Ofunya Last Name Facts

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

Ofunya occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ofunya.

How Common Is The Last Name Ofunya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ofunya reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Ofunya is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 82 percent reside, Delta, where 9 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent reside and Uganda, where 19 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ofounya921/
Ofunyaa921/
Afunya83766/
Ofunja83115/
Ofonya8320/
Ofunyo831/
Afunyah776/
Ophunya771/
Afonya67311/
Afunia6752/
Afunja6741/
Houfougna671/
Ofunjo671/
Afungia6223/
Afonyaa6218/
Afonyoa621/
Ophonya621/
Affougna572/
Afonja503,206/
Afonia5015/
Afunio503/
Afonyo502/

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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 Ofunya
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