Ofuonye Surname
Approximately 531 people bear this surname
Ofuonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 522 | 1:339,354 | 18,436 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Ofuonye (85) may also be a first name.
Ofuonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofuonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ofuonye is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofuonye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 588,441st most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,724,192 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ofuonye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ofuonye is also the 1,039,322nd most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 85 people.
The last name Ofuonye is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 522 people, or 1 in 339,354. In Nigeria Ofuonye is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 35 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Rivers, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ofuonye
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