Orofo Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Orofo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Orofo (21) may also be a first name.
Orofo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orofo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orofo is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orofo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Orofo occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Orofo reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orofo is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 21 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Orofo is most frequent in: Lagos, where 58 percent reside, Ondo, where 25 percent reside and Delta, where 8 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and The Philippines, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orhofo | 91 | 17 | / |
| Orofoa | 91 | 7 | / |
| Oroifo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orozfo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orofa | 80 | 263 | / |
| Orefo | 80 | 70 | / |
| Orafo | 80 | 45 | / |
| Arofo | 80 | 35 | / |
| Arrofo | 73 | 803 | / |
| Garofo | 73 | 107 | / |
| Oraefo | 73 | 70 | / |
| Aroffo | 73 | 43 | / |
| Aroufo | 73 | 38 | / |
| Oreffo | 73 | 26 | / |
| Horofa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Aruofo | 73 | 9 | / |
| Gorofa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Urofot | 73 | 4 | / |
| Oropfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Otrofa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arouffo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Garoffo | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ouroufa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Uroifoh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Oreffoo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Garoufo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aroufou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arropfo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goroufa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Garofho | 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
- 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 Orofo
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