Ogbanje Surname

206,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,004 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogbanje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogbanje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,0021:88,4836,177
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ogbanje (128) may also be a first name.

Ogbanje Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogbanje occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogbanje? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 206,734th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,636,500 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogbanje live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogbanje is also the 821,896th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 128 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,002 people, or 1 in 88,483. In Nigeria Ogbanje is most prevalent in: Benue, where 67 percent are found, Lagos, where 6 percent are found and Kaduna, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, 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 Ogbanje
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