Okafora Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Okafora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okafora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okafora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okafora has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okafora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Okafora reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Okafora is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 57 percent reside, Delta, where 14 percent reside and Enugu, where 14 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okaforha | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okafore | 86 | 23 | / |
| Okaforo | 86 | 18 | / |
| Okafori | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okafory | 86 | 2 | / |
| Okeafore | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akaforad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okaforer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okaforhi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ukaforo | 71 | 68 | / |
| Akaforo | 71 | 32 | / |
| Akafori | 71 | 14 | / |
| Okofara | 71 | 12 | / |
| Okafuro | 71 | 6 | / |
| Okeforo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Akafore | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okofera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hakhafouri | 59 | 1 | / |
| Okeefferay | 59 | 1 | / |
| Acafori | 57 | 6 | / |
| Akafari | 57 | 1 | / |
| Askofara | 53 | 1 | / |
| Auccaforo | 50 | 6 | / |
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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 Okafora
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