Osafo-Adu Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Wales

Osafo-Adu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Osafo-Adu 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
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Wales41:773,63329,106
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Osafo-Adu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osafo-Adu is found most frequently in Ghana. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osafo-Adu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Osafo-Adu occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Osafo-Adu reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Besides Ghana Osafo-Adu exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 44 percent reside and Norway, where 11 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
Osafo-Addo8411/
Osafoaddo781/
Osafo-Atta7411/
Osavad6711/
Osifo-Doe679/
Osafat673/

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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 Osafo-Adu
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