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 is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogiji? popularity and diffusion
Ogiji is the 179,338th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,063,281 people. Ogiji occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogiji reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 749,223rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 151 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,378 people, or 1 in 74,492. In Nigeria Ogiji is most prevalent in: Benue, where 39 percent live, Ebonyi, where 33 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 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 Ogiji
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