Ogboyi Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Ogboyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 186 | 1:952,380 | 40,741 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
Ogboyi (23) may also be a first name.
Ogboyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogboyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogboyi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogboyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogboyi is the 1,210,518th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ogboyi are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogboyi is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 23 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 186 people, or 1 in 952,380. In Nigeria Ogboyi is most numerous in: Benue, where 38 percent reside, Kogi, where 25 percent reside and Kaduna, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in England, 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 Ogboyi
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