Ogeye Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Ogeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ogeye (12) may also be a first name.
Ogeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogeye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,605,694th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name Ogeye is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogeye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most common first name worldwide It is held by 12 people.
Ogeye is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria Ogeye is mostly found in: Lagos, where 61 percent live, Cross River, where 30 percent live and Benue, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 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 Ogeye
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