Ogburu Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogburu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogburu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3021:586,56528,271
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Ogburu (36) may also be a first name.

Ogburu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ogburu is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogburu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 849,693rd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ogburu live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogburu is also the 1,717,090th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 36 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 586,565. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 24 percent reside, Delta, where 20 percent reside and Benue, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.

Ogburu Last Name Statistics demography

Ogburu earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $41,525 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogbuuru9243/
Gogburu9219/
Ongburu9210/
Ogbauru924/
Ogbueru921/
Ogboru833,866/
Ogwuru83672/
Agburu83493/
Egburu83255/
Ugburu8315/
Oguoru8314/
Oghwuru7728/
Egbueru7724/
Okgwuru771/
Ongwuru771/
Ogboruu771/
Ogwwuru771/
Agbuuru771/
Ogwurruu713/
Agbourou712/
Oghwuruu711/
Okwuru67715/
Agboru6737/
Agwuru6736/
Ugboru674/
Ogworu673/
Ogborhu622/
Oghworu621/
Okwuruh621/
Okworu5083/
Akwuru5081/
Agworu5010/
Akworu501/

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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 Ogburu
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