Ogigi Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Ogigi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 271 | 1:653,663 | 30,600 |
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
Ogigi (12) may also be a first name.
Ogigi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogigi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogigi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogigi? popularity and diffusion
Ogigi is the 804,502nd most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ogigi live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held forename at a global level It is held by 12 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 271 people, or 1 in 653,663. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 65 percent live, Bayelsa, where 8 percent live and Benue, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Ogigi occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 16 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Ogigi
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