Owaifo Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Owaifo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Owaifo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owaifo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owaifo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Owaifo.
How Common Is The Last Name Owaifo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Owaifo reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 82 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Ondo, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owayifo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Owaifoh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Uwaifo | 83 | 4,049 | / |
| Ohwifo | 83 | 68 | / |
| Obaifo | 83 | 31 | / |
| Ewaifo | 83 | 15 | / |
| Awaifo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Uwaifoh | 77 | 120 | / |
| Ewaifoh | 77 | 19 | / |
| Obaifoh | 77 | 9 | / |
| Uwaaifo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Uwwaifo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owojafo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awafo | 73 | 775 | / |
| Uwafo | 73 | 50 | / |
| Uwifo | 73 | 22 | / |
| Obafo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owifa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ewafo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obifo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oweifa | 67 | 680 | / |
| Awaffo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Awiffo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Awaafo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Uwafoh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Obeifo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Osuafo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Auvifo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Uwaifa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Owoifa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uweifo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwatfo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obhafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awifou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eweifo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwafho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohuafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uiwafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ewafoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gavifo | 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 Owaifo
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