Oghor Surname

631,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 484 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oghor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oghor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4471:396,29320,834
England141:3,979,861125,553
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Oghor (181) may also be a first name.

Oghor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oghor occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oghor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 631,297th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 15,056,913 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Oghor live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oghor is also the 677,199th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 181 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 447 people, or 1 in 396,293. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 46 percent are found, Edo, where 28 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Oghor exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Iran, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oghore9112/
Goghor911/
Ogor897,822/
Oghoore8331/
Houghor834/
Ongor80790/
Gogor80567/
Ogore80533/
Aghor80418/
Eghor80131/
Șogor8067/
Ogorz8027/
Ogorh8012/
Ughor8010/
Oogor809/
Oghar809/
Oghur805/
Ocgor805/
Ogour803/
Ogoer803/
Hogor801/
Ogorr801/
Ogoor801/
Oggor801/
Goughour774/
Aghore73298/
Ougour73145/
Oghare73123/
Oongor7357/
Goghar7331/
Oghure7321/
Ong'or7319/
Onggor7318/
Aghour7315/
Hogore7314/
Haghor7313/
Oghard7312/
Anghor737/
Oyghur735/
Ogoure733/
Aghotr733/
Oughar732/
Asghor732/
Aghort732/
Guhgor731/
Onghar731/
Goigor731/
Unghor731/
Aghord731/
Ogahre731/
Ughoor731/
Osgord730/
Ogar6749,844/
Agor6710,337/
Egor673,053/
Ogur671,162/
Ugor671,026/
Anghour6763/
Aghjour6763/
Ogorova6753/
Ashghor6739/
Houghur6717/
Haghour6712/
Hanghor675/
Ogór673/
Hoggort673/
Egghour672/
Hogoure671/
Hoghart671/
Hoggord671/
Ogár671/
Ógor671/
Asghour671/
Osghare671/
Gougour671/
Acghour671/
Gohghar671/
Gougahr671/
Hughort670/

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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 Oghor
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