Ogalah Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Ogalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Ogalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogalah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogalah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogalah is the 1,491,356th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. The surname Ogalah is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogalah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ogalah is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Ogalah is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent live, Kogi, where 16 percent live and Ondo, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Malawi, where 3 percent live.
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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 Ogalah
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