Ogbou Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Ogbou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Ogbou (13) may also be a first name.
Ogbou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogbou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogbou is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogbou? popularity and diffusion
Ogbou is the 2,909,720th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Ogbou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogbou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 13 people.
Ogbou is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Ogbou is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 49 percent reside, Edo, where 21 percent reside and Abia, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Ogbou
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