Ogaraku Surname

400,385th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 878 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogaraku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogaraku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8671:204,31712,205
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England21:27,859,030389,889
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ogaraku (23) may also be a first name.

Ogaraku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogaraku occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogaraku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ogaraku is the 400,385th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,300,166 people. The surname Ogaraku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogaraku are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread forename internationally It is held by 23 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 867 people, or 1 in 204,317. In Nigeria Ogaraku is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 31 percent live, Abia, where 19 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogharaku931/
Ogeraku865/
Ogoraku863/
Ugaraku863/
Agaraku861/
Agarakou801/
Angaraku801/
Agarakheu751/
Ogereku714/
Agaroukou631/
Agherakhu631/

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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 Ogaraku
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