Ogaranya Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogaranya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ogaranya 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
Nigeria5221:339,35418,436
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ogaranya (150) may also be a first name.

Ogaranya Last Name Facts

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

Ogaranya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogaranya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ogaranya is the 592,650th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogaranya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogaranya is also the 752,187th most prevalent given name worldwide It is held by 150 people.

Ogaranya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 339,354. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 38 percent reside, Rivers, where 16 percent reside and Enugu, where 11 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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
Oegaranya941/
Ogharanya941/
Agaranya8812/
Ogoranya885/
Ogaronya881/
Agharanya82971/
Agharaanya783/
Aghaaranya781/
Agaranha752/
Ogoronya751/
Ogoronjo501/
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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 Ogaranya
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