Oshoffa Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Oshoffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oshoffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshoffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oshoffa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshoffa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,255,512th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oshoffa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Oshoffa is most common in: Lagos, where 85 percent reside, Ogun, where 6 percent reside and Osun, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oschoffa | 93 | 5 | / |
| Oshofa | 92 | 31 | / |
| Ochoffa | 86 | 6 | / |
| Osofa | 83 | 48 | / |
| Otchoffa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Osuofa | 77 | 71 | / |
| Eshofa | 77 | 45 | / |
| Ashofa | 77 | 26 | / |
| Osiofa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Hosofa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Osofai | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ochofa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oshofo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osoffo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oshofe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osoufa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oshafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ashshoffa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ossoffi | 71 | 61 | / |
| Asshofa | 71 | 32 | / |
| Ashofah | 71 | 18 | / |
| Essoffa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ashoffe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Asofa | 67 | 323 | / |
| Esofa | 67 | 45 | / |
| Osefa | 67 | 34 | / |
| Oussoufa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Usofa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Osafa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Osofi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Osofo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ozofa | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Oshoffa
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