Oganiru Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oganiru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oganiru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1161:1,527,09357,948
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Oganiru (105) may also be a first name.

Oganiru Last Name Facts

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

Oganiru occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oganiru? popularity and diffusion

Oganiru is the 1,674,734th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oganiru live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 920,134th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 105 people.

The last name Oganiru is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 1,527,093. In Nigeria Oganiru is most frequent in: Cross River, where 23 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Kaduna, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Sudan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oganirru931/
Eganiru861/
Agamniru805/
Ogonirou801/
Ogounirou756/
Aganuru714/
Ogenuru711/
Agganuru677/
Haganuru675/
Ogounerou6392/
Ogounnerou591/
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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 Oganiru
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