Okofu Surname
Approximately 1,344 people bear this surname
Okofu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,333 | 1:132,890 | 8,617 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Okofu (34) may also be a first name.
Okofu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okofu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okofu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okofu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 285,960th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,422,281 people. The surname Okofu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okofu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,333 people, or 1 in 132,890. In Nigeria Okofu is most common in: Delta, where 63 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Edo, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, 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 Okofu
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