Ogedegbe Surname

73,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogedegbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogedegbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6,5091:27,2152,331
United States661:5,491,802273,080
England511:1,092,51152,584
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Ogedegbe (180) may also be a first name.

Ogedegbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogedegbe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogedegbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ogedegbe is the 73,955th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,095,377 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogedegbe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogedegbe is also the 679,247th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 180 people.

The surname Ogedegbe is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,509 people, or 1 in 27,215. In Nigeria Ogedegbe is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 43 percent are found, Edo, where 29 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Ogedegbe occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Ogedegbe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ogedegbe surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Ogedegbe earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.66% less than the national average, earning $42,000 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Ogedegbe
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