Oshafu Surname
Approximately 634 people bear this surname
Oshafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 634 | 1:279,405 | 15,802 |
Oshafu (25) may also be a first name.
Oshafu Demographics
Oshafu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Oshafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oshafu is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshafu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 514,664th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 11,494,552 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oshafu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 25 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 634 people, or 1 in 279,405. In Nigeria it is most common in: Nasarawa, where 68 percent live, Benue, where 24 percent live and Plateau, where 4 percent live.
Oshafu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Oshafu last name is primarily Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osafu | 91 | 5 | / |
| Oshofu | 83 | 23 | / |
| Ashafu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Oshefu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ochafu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oshoffu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ashafud | 77 | 1 | / |
| Asafu | 73 | 537 | / |
| Esafu | 73 | 80 | / |
| Osefu | 73 | 30 | / |
| Usafu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ochofu | 67 | 61 | / |
| Achafu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ashefu | 67 | 12 | / |
| Otsofu | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hasafu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eshefu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osephu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asafou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asafau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asaafu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hosefu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hossafous | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hossafaus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Oshafu
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