Okufuwa Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Okufuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 220 | 1:805,194 | 35,881 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Okufuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okufuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okufuwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okufuwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Okufuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okufuwa is the 1,035,555th most frequent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname Okufuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Okufuwa live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okufuwa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 805,194. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 57 percent are found, Lagos, where 32 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Okufuwa exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogufuwa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Okofuwa | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okufu | 83 | 63 | / |
| Okufa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Owekfuwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okuofu | 77 | 139 | / |
| Okuvua | 77 | 101 | / |
| Akufua | 77 | 21 | / |
| Okaufu | 77 | 10 | / |
| Okofua | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okeufu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogufua | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okufoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okuofa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okufeyiwa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Okfa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Okfu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okfw | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okuf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwuofu | 71 | 118 | / |
| Okhuofu | 71 | 110 | / |
| Okufuye | 71 | 72 | / |
| Okofuah | 71 | 43 | / |
| Okufawo | 71 | 7 | / |
| Okufuyi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Owekfua | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ogufowa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekoufua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akufuah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okouffa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogofuwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oghufua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okkuffu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okofu | 67 | 1,344 | / |
| Akufa | 67 | 255 | / |
| Okafa | 67 | 194 | / |
| Ekufu | 67 | 128 | / |
| Akufu | 67 | 60 | / |
| Okufe | 67 | 45 | / |
| Ikufu | 67 | 36 | / |
| Okefu | 67 | 36 | / |
| Okufi | 67 | 35 | / |
| Okofa | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ikufa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Okfia | 67 | 20 | / |
| Okuvu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Okafu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Akfua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Okifa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okufo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okuva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okefa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ukufu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okuof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekufa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okufwoyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okfai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukufa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Okufuwa
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