Ogboja Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Ogboja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 304 | 1:582,706 | 28,118 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ogboja (34) may also be a first name.
Ogboja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogboja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogboja is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogboja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 872,430th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. Ogboja is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogboja live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent forename in the world, held by 34 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 304 people, or 1 in 582,706. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 38 percent live, Ondo, where 17 percent live and Benue, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and American Samoa, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ogboja
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