Orofa Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orofa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orofa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2531:700,16932,315
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Orofa (15) may also be a first name.

Orofa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orofa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Orofa.

How Common Is The Last Name Orofa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Orofa is the 980,795th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname Orofa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Orofa reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 253 people, or 1 in 700,169. In Nigeria Orofa is most frequent in: Delta, where 53 percent are found, Benue, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horofa9111/
Orofoa917/
Gorofa916/
Oropfa912/
Otrofa911/
Orosfai8331/
Ouroufa8314/
Goroufa831/
Arofa80616/
Orafa80195/
Orofe8068/
Erofa8050/
Orofi8022/
Orofo8015/
Orefa804/
Gouroufa771/
Arofah7312,110/
Arofat73469/
Garofa73102/
Asrofa7386/
Orhofo7317/
Orofyi7310/
Gorofy738/
Gorofi736/
Urofah734/
Arhofa733/
Orafai732/
Orofio732/
Aroofa732/
Oroifo731/
Oraefa731/
Oroufe731/
Orozfo731/
Orzafa731/
Aroufa731/
Arofay731/
Ourafa731/
Harofa731/
Aroffa731/
Gurofa731/
Oirofe731/
Gorafa731/
Oropha731/
Orofit731/
Orafga731/
Gourouffa718/
Arrofah67171/
Arofahs67130/
Garoufa6771/
Harofah6737/
Aerofah6731/
Horafas6717/
Gorofui6715/
Usrofah6710/
Gorrafa6710/
Garrofa679/
Garofai679/
Gorofey677/
Aroufaï675/
Aroufay672/
Ouraffa672/
Asrofat671/
Erofaha671/
Aroufah671/
Horoffi671/
Aroufai671/
Aroufat671/
Goroffi670/

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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 Orofa
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