# Okafor (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/okafor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,939 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,194 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 159,229 people |
| Change since 2000 | +69% (1,150 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Okafor in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Okafor in the United States.

## People named Okafor

- Emeka Okafor, American basketball player (born 1982)

## Similar surnames

Osborne, Osborn, Osburn, Oxford, Ogburn, Osbourne, Osbourn, Ogborn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.