Okafer Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Okafer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okafer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okafer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okafer is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Okafer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okafer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okafer is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Okafer live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Okafer is most frequent in: Lagos, where 80 percent live and Delta, where 20 percent live. Besides Nigeria Okafer is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeafer | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okafe | 91 | 34 | / |
| Okhafe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Okaife | 83 | 8 | / |
| Okeafe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Okefer | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okafir | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okofer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okafie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okaffe | 83 | 0 | / |
| Okeefer | 77 | 6 | / |
| Askafer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akafear | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okeaffe | 77 | 0 | / |
| Okafa | 73 | 194 | / |
| Akafe | 73 | 42 | / |
| Okafi | 73 | 36 | / |
| Okofe | 73 | 22 | / |
| Ocafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeefejr | 71 | 1 | / |
| O'Keaffe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Oukafi | 67 | 150 | / |
| Okeife | 67 | 55 | / |
| Ekefer | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okofie | 67 | 7 | / |
| Akkafe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okhafa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Akafeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Heukaufer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Acafer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gocafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okhafi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okaphe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeafi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okafoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Keeffer | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Okafer
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