Ogige Surname
Approximately 254 people bear this surname
Ogige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 248 | 1:714,285 | 32,812 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
Ogige (11) may also be a first name.
Ogige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogige Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogige has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogige? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,003,904th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 28,691,126 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogige live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogige is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.
Ogige is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 714,285. In Nigeria Ogige is most prevalent in: Delta, where 32 percent live, Lagos, where 27 percent live and Oyo, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, 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 Ogige
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