Okpufie Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpufie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okpufie Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria461:3,850,930110,272
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okpufie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okpufie occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpufie? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okpufie is the 2,746,821st most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Okpufie is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okpufie live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 85 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Edo, where 2 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Okpufi921/
Okpuefi869/
Okpuufe861/
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Okpeufi861/
Akpufe771/
Akpoefe5718/
Akpuifa571/

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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 Okpufie
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