Wofai Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Wofai Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wofai Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267

Wofai (1,761) may also be a first name.

Wofai Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wofai is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wofai.

How Common Is The Last Name Wofai? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wofai is the 2,530,696th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Wofai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wofai live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Wofai is also the 182,443rd most numerous forename globally, borne by 1,761 people.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Wofai is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 57 percent are found, Rivers, where 17 percent are found and Ekiti, where 11 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woffai911/
Wofa8946/
Wofi8917/
Wafai802,613/
Woifa8021/
Wefai8012/
Wofoi806/
Wosfi802/
Woffa802/
Woffi801/
Wofah801/
Wosfa801/
Woyfa801/
Woefa801/
Woufa801/
Woufi801/
Wofid801/
Wofoa801/
Wafaie731,073/
Waffai7333/
Boufai7324/
Wafaii735/
Weefai734/
Woofie732/
Woffis732/
Wefayi731/
Wouffi731/
Wosfea731/
Watfai731/
Woifoi731/
Wasfai731/
Bofayi731/
Boifai731/
Wofeah731/
Wafhai731/
Wafa6747,439/
Wafi6718,453/
Bofa67774/
Bofi67661/
Wefi67308/
Wefa67163/
Wofe6732/
Woffitt671/
Wafaich671/
Boufaia671/
Vofa671/
Woyfach671/
Wohfish670/
Woofitt670/
Vofi670/

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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 Wofai
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis