Ogabu Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Ogabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 371 | 1:477,474 | 24,038 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ogabu (37) may also be a first name.
Ogabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogabu occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogabu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 758,524th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,330,361 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogabu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogabu is also the 1,688,769th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 37 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 477,474. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 37 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Benue, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogabui | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ogaibu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ogabgu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ongabu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ougabou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Agabu | 80 | 856 | / |
| Egabu | 80 | 490 | / |
| Ogavu | 80 | 233 | / |
| Ugabu | 80 | 109 | / |
| Ogawu | 80 | 16 | / |
| Ogobu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ogebu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Hougabou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agabus | 73 | 1,588 | / |
| Angabu | 73 | 43 | / |
| Gogobu | 73 | 25 | / |
| Egabou | 73 | 19 | / |
| Agabou | 73 | 18 | / |
| Agabui | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gagabu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Hagabu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ogauwu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ogoibu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aghabu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ogiebu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agabut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogoebu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agabuš | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agabau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aggabus | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aggabou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Agabous | 67 | 6 | / |
| Angabau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angabou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agabgou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ashgabu | 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 Ogabu
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