Okafor Surname
Approximately 509,733 people bear this surname
Okafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 501,755 | 1:353 | 37 |
| United States | 2,211 | 1:163,934 | 16,666 |
| Ghana | 1,801 | 1:15,003 | 1,939 |
| England | 1,193 | 1:46,704 | 5,875 |
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| South Africa | 424 | 1:127,778 | 15,009 |
| Spain | 203 | 1:230,306 | 15,169 |
| Canada | 129 | 1:285,625 | 26,641 |
| Ireland | 103 | 1:45,718 | 3,416 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Gambia | 49 | 1:39,254 | 219 |
| Germany | 47 | 1:1,712,882 | 99,068 |
| Brazil | 46 | 1:4,653,790 | 122,015 |
| Iceland | 45 | 1:8,446 | 860 |
| Scotland | 45 | 1:118,974 | 7,657 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Senegal | 19 | 1:767,334 | 2,735 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Burkina Faso | 16 | 1:1,147,006 | 10,865 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Ecuador | 15 | 1:1,060,390 | 14,974 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Guinea | 7 | 1:1,690,545 | 1,750 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Okafor (31,716) may also be a first name.
Okafor Demographics
Average Male Okafor Height
180.87 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Okafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okafor (Russian: Окафор) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okafor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,053rd most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,297 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okafor are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 26,725th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 31,716 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 501,755 people, or 1 in 353. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Anambra, where 43 percent are found, Imo, where 13 percent are found and Enugu, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 87 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and Ghana, where 0 percent are found.
Okafor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Okafor last name is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Okafor last name are 42.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.14% registered with the political party.
The amount Okafor earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 3.78% more than the national average, earning 359,175 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 21.32% less than the national average, earning R 186,972 per year; in United States they earn 7.09% more than the national average, earning $46,209 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.73% less than the national average, earning $44,850 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeafor | 92 | 13,659 | / |
| Okafore | 92 | 23 | / |
| Okhafor | 92 | 20 | / |
| Okaffor | 92 | 18 | / |
| Okaafor | 92 | 13 | / |
| Okafoor | 92 | 7 | / |
| Ookafor | 92 | 5 | / |
| Okafort | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ohkafor | 92 | 3 | / |
| Okaforr | 92 | 3 | / |
| Otkafor | 92 | 3 | / |
| Uokafor | 92 | 2 | / |
| Okkafor | 92 | 2 | / |
| Oikafor | 92 | 2 | / |
| Hokafor | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ockafor | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okafour | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ojkafor | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okhaifor | 86 | 19 | / |
| Okeaffor | 86 | 10 | / |
| Okaforrd | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okaforph | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oikeafor | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okeafore | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okofor | 83 | 762 | / |
| Ukafor | 83 | 204 | / |
| Okefor | 83 | 153 | / |
| Akafor | 83 | 56 | / |
| Okafar | 83 | 52 | / |
| Okafur | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ocafor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekhafor | 77 | 6 | / |
| Akafore | 77 | 4 | / |
| Akhafor | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okoofor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ukaford | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okaphor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoffor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ocheafor | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekhaifor | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akofor | 67 | 96 | / |
| Okofar | 67 | 39 | / |
| Okefar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ukofor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ocafar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekafar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akefor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akafar | 67 | 1 | / |
Okafor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okafor in the Russian language | ||
| Окафор | okafor | - |
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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 Okafor
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