Okofor Surname

447,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okofor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okofor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7601:233,08313,603
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okofor (38) may also be a first name.

Okofor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okofor (Russian: Окофор) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Okofor.

How Common Is The Last Name Okofor? popularity and diffusion

It is the 447,229th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 9,563,709 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okofor reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okofor is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent forename globally It is held by 38 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 760 people, or 1 in 233,083. In Nigeria Okofor is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 23 percent live, Delta, where 21 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okoffor921/
Okoofor921/
Okafor83509,733/
Okefor83153/
Akofor8396/
Okofar8339/
Ukofor832/
Okafore7723/
Okhafor7720/
Okaffor7718/
Okaafor7713/
Okafoor777/
Ookafor775/
Okafort774/
Ohkafor773/
Okaforr773/
Otkafor773/
Uokafor772/
Okkafor772/
Oikafor772/
Ojkafor771/
Okafour771/
Hokafor771/
Ockafor771/
Akhuofor711/
Okaforph711/
Okaforrd711/
Ukafor67204/
Akafor6756/
Okafar6752/
Okafur677/
Okefar673/
Ocafor671/
Akefor671/

Okofor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Okofor in the Russian language
Окофорokofor-

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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 Okofor
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