Oghama Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Oghama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Oghama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oghama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oghama is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Oghama.
How Common Is The Last Name Oghama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oghama is the 2,414,640th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oghama reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Oghama is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Oghama is most frequent in: Edo, where 85 percent are found, Lagos, where 5 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 2 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Oghama
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