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
The last name Ogira occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ogira.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 230,742nd most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,157,185 people. The surname Ogira is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogira reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ogira is also the 844,248th most numerous given name globally It is held by 122 people.
Ogira is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 1,083 people, or 1 in 36,047. In Uganda Ogira is mostly concentrated in: Abim District, where 40 percent are found, Soroti District, where 20 percent are found and Amuria District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 24 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
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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