Nwogbe Surname

565,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 559 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwogbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwogbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5331:332,35018,137
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Nwogbe (18) may also be a first name.

Nwogbe Last Name Facts

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

Nwogbe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwogbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 565,867th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwogbe live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 18 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 533 people, or 1 in 332,350. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Ebonyi, where 12 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Nwogbe Last Name Statistics demography

Nwogbe earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 131.03% more than the national average, earning $99,688 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwogbeh923/
Nwoigbe921/
Nwoogbe921/
Nwogba831,607/
Nwegbe83547/
Nwagbe8346/
Nwogbi831/
Nwaegbe77151/
Nwaugbe7772/
Nwangbe7725/
Nwoogba776/
Nwagbea774/
Nnwogba771/
Nwagbeu771/
Nvongbe771/
Nwogbha771/
Nwohgba771/
Nwogbaa771/
Nwuegbe771/
Nwoegbui711/
Nwogbaya711/
Nwogbaja711/
Nwagba671,045/
Mbogbe6772/
Nuagbe6740/
Nwagbi6728/
Nwugba6716/
Nwaugba6223/
Nwagboa627/
Nnuegbe626/
Nwuagba622/
Nwangbi621/
Nuogbay621/
Nwagbyi621/
Nwagbai621/
Nwagboi621/
Nwagbaya571/
Mbagbe5048/
Nuagba501/
Nbagbi501/

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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 Nwogbe
  • 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