Ogboni Surname
Approximately 963 people bear this surname
Ogboni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 765 | 1:13,511 | 1,842 |
| Nigeria | 198 | 1:894,660 | 38,889 |
Ogboni (83) may also be a first name.
Ogboni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogboni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogboni is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogboni? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 372,504th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,567,545 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogboni are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most widely held first name internationally, held by 83 people.
It is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 765 people, or 1 in 13,511. In Benin it is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 80 percent live, Zou Department, where 6 percent live and Borgou Department, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Benin Ogboni exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 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 Ogboni
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