Ogbana Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Ogbana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ogbana (24) may also be a first name.
Ogbana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogbana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogbana is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogbana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogbana is the 2,909,720th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogbana are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogbana is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous forename worldwide, held by 24 people.
The surname Ogbana is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 16 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Yobe, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 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 Ogbana
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