Ogamu Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Ogamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ogamu (15) may also be a first name.
Ogamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogamu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ogamu.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogamu is the 1,369,340th most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogamu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria Ogamu is mostly found in: Nasarawa, where 49 percent reside, Kano, where 34 percent reside and Cross River, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Ogamu exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gogamu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ogaumu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ogahamu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Agamu | 80 | 235 | / |
| Ogomu | 80 | 227 | / |
| Egamu | 80 | 70 | / |
| Ugamu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ogemu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ougaamou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hagamu | 73 | 263 | / |
| Agamou | 73 | 192 | / |
| Oghomu | 73 | 100 | / |
| Angamu | 73 | 88 | / |
| Ongomu | 73 | 29 | / |
| Gagamu | 73 | 24 | / |
| Uggamu | 73 | 16 | / |
| Agamau | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ungamu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aghamu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Agamus | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oghemu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Egamou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogomus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogomou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogiemu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogemou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agammu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agaimu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agamoud | 67 | 172 | / |
| Hagamou | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gaghamu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Angamou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ogoumou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oghoumu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Augamus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aggamou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agamout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gogomou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gogomau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongoomu | 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 Ogamu
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