Ogira Surname
Approximately 1,753 people bear this surname
Ogira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,083 | 1:36,047 | 4,715 |
| Kenya | 419 | 1:110,215 | 9,432 |
| Nigeria | 218 | 1:812,581 | 36,138 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
Ogira (122) may also be a first name.
Ogira Demographics
Ogira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ogira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogira occurs most in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogira is the 230,742nd most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,157,185 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogira reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 844,248th most frequent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 122 people.
The surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,083 people, or 1 in 36,047. In Uganda Ogira is mostly concentrated in: Abim District, where 40 percent live, Soroti District, where 20 percent live and Amuria District, where 8 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Ogira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ogira last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ogira
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