Okoafor Surname
Approximately 1,659 people bear this surname
Okoafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,646 | 1:107,620 | 7,198 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Okoafor (164) may also be a first name.
Okoafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoafor occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoafor? popularity and diffusion
Okoafor is the 240,995th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,392,734 people. The surname Okoafor is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoafor reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 715,247th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 164 people.
The last name Okoafor is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,646 people, or 1 in 107,620. In Nigeria Okoafor is mostly found in: Abia, where 44 percent live, Enugu, where 15 percent live and Ebonyi, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Okoafor is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Okoafor
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