Osafo Surname

27,500th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Osafo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osafo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana19,0501:1,418237
United States1961:1,849,280120,610
England1761:316,58023,688
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Norway111:467,48139,375
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
China21:683,660,78330,601
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
East Timor11:1,215,928507

Osafo (2,024) may also be a first name.

Osafo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osafo is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osafo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Osafo is the 27,500th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 372,841 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Osafo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osafo is also the 167,863rd most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 2,024 people.

The surname Osafo is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 19,050 people, or 1 in 1,418. Without taking into account Ghana it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Osafo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Osafo last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Osafo earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.48% more than the national average, earning $59,753 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osaifo911/
Osafoh911/
Asafo806,462/
Osefo8050/
Osafa808/
Esafo807/
Osofo804/
Ojafo802/
Hosafoos770/
Assafo731,558/
Osefoh7372/
Ojaifo7314/
Osiefo739/
Oshefo737/
Osiafa737/
Osafat733/
Ashafo733/
Osoifo732/
Osiofo732/
Ahsafo731/
Oshafa731/
Asafou731/
Essafo731/
Hasafo731/
Oshofo731/
Osoffo731/
Osaifa731/
Hossafous710/
Assafou67107/
Essaffo672/
Oshefoy671/
Essafou671/
Atsafou671/
Oussafa671/
Otsofuo671/
Hosayfa671/
Ochaifo671/

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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 Osafo
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