Orofin Surname

248,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,595 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orofin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orofin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5921:111,2717,415
England31:18,572,686338,250

Orofin (24) may also be a first name.

Orofin Last Name Facts

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

Orofin is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Orofin.

How Common Is The Last Name Orofin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 248,973rd most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,568,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orofin live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orofin is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 24 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,592 people, or 1 in 111,271. In Nigeria Orofin is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 75 percent are found, Lagos, where 14 percent are found and Delta, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Orofin exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orofina928/
Gorofina861/
Arofin8351/
Orofen8349/
Orefin839/
Orafin837/
Erofin832/
Orofim831/
Asrofin77265/
Aroffin772/
Horofen771/
Arofina771/
Horofyna711/
Arefin6783,694/
Arafin6712,975/
Harofn671/
Orefen671/
Erefin671/

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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 Orofin
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