Ojiofor Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ojiofor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ojiofor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1511:1,173,13147,714
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Ojiofor (169) may also be a first name.

Ojiofor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ojiofor occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ojiofor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,422,956th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojiofor are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 703,581st most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 169 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 151 people, or 1 in 1,173,131. In Nigeria Ojiofor is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 26 percent are found, Abia, where 17 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ojioffor934/
Ojofor9233/
Ojifor9211/
Jiofor922/
Oiofor921/
Ozojiofor8856/
Ogejiofor8821/
Ejiofor8640,274/
Ojiefor8662/
Ijiofor8619/
Ojiafor8610/
Ujiofor867/
Ajiofor864/
Jioffor862/
Jofor833/
Ojfor831/
Ejioffor80103/
Eijiofor804/
Ejieofor803/
Ejihofor802/
Eujiofor802/
Ejioofor801/
Eejiofor801/
Ejiofore801/
Aijiofor801/
Ozoejioffor7810/
Ejifor77167/
Iyofor7796/
Ejofor7782/
Ajifor7768/
Eiofor7726/
Ojifar7713/
Jiafor7712/
Ojafor779/
Ojefor773/
Ajofor771/
Ioafor771/
Ohofor771/
Ujofor771/
Ijifor771/
Ayiofor7148/
Ejeofor7129/
Ejiefor7128/
Egiofor7117/
Ejiafor7113/
Hoiford716/
Oyiffor715/
Eijofor715/
Ejuofor714/
Ogiafor713/
Agiofor712/
Ehiofor712/
Ogeofor711/
Hojifar711/
Ojifard711/
Jafor673,968/
Jofur6730/
Oafor6721/
Jofar6715/
Yofor6712/
Ijeoifor675/
Ogeoffor673/
Ochiafor672/
Ejiofare671/
Eifor671/
Iofar671/
Okhiafor671/
Eoodford671/
Iofur671/
Hoitfort670/

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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 Ojiofor
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