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The OKAFOR surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,150 21254 0 4
United States (1880 census) -1 116078 0 0
Change since 1880 +1151 +94824 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 194 16833 0 4
Top States for OKAFOR by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 255 7236 0.001 12
Maryland 103 5521 0.002 19
Georgia 94 7110 0.001 11
New Jersey 85 11308 0.001 10
California 82 26637 0.000 2
Top States for OKAFOR by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maryland 103 5521 0.002 19
Texas 255 7236 0.001 12
Georgia 94 7110 0.001 11
New Jersey 85 11308 0.001 10
North Carolina 52 10899 0.001 6

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called OKAFOR live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called OKAFOR represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called OKAFOR in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a OKAFOR by picking someone at random in Maryland than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of OKAFOR

Region of origin: Africa

Country of origin: Nigeria

Language of origin: Yoruba

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the OKAFOR surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of OKAFOR in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 37 3.22
White (Caucasian) 16 1.39
Black/African American 1,090 94.78
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the OKAFOR surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of OKAFOR in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of OKAFOR.

Similar names to OKAFOR

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as OKAFOR.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for OKAFOR

The following words are slight variants of OKAFOR that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.