Ogiji Surname
Approximately 2,379 people bear this surname
Ogiji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,378 | 1:74,492 | 5,333 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Ogiji (151) may also be a first name.
Ogiji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogiji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogiji occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogiji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 179,338th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,063,281 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogiji reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogiji is also the 749,223rd most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 151 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,378 people, or 1 in 74,492. In Nigeria Ogiji is most frequent in: Benue, where 39 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 33 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Ogiji exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 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 Ogiji
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