Ogayi Surname
Approximately 2,030 people bear this surname
Ogayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,005 | 1:88,351 | 6,168 |
| Kenya | 20 | 1:2,308,995 | 36,653 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ogayi (290) may also be a first name.
Ogayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogayi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogayi? popularity and diffusion
Ogayi is the 204,617th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,589,924 people. The last name Ogayi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogayi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 518,802nd most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 290 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,005 people, or 1 in 88,351. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 72 percent are found, Benue, where 12 percent are found and Enugu, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ogayi
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