Omofuma Surname

393,206th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 899 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omofuma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Omofuma 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
Nigeria8841:200,38812,013
England91:6,190,895170,599
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Omofuma (57) may also be a first name.

Omofuma Last Name Facts

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

Omofuma is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Omofuma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 393,206th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,106,280 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Omofuma reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 57 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 884 people, or 1 in 200,388. In Nigeria Omofuma is most frequent in: Edo, where 57 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Delta, where 5 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

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
Omofumah935/
Omofouma934/
Omofoma86270/
Omofumi863/
Omafuma862/
Omofume861/
Omofomha801/
Omofooma801/
Amefuma713/
Omafume711/
Amaefuma676/
Ahmafuma671/
Ahamefuma631/
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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 Omofuma
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