Oglekwu Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oglekwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oglekwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3671:482,67824,238
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oglekwu (61) may also be a first name.

Oglekwu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oglekwu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Oglekwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oglekwu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oglekwu is the 772,238th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oglekwu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oglekwu is also the 1,257,960th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 61 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 482,678. In Nigeria Oglekwu is primarily found in: Benue, where 72 percent live, Kano, where 8 percent live and Kaduna, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogleikwu934/
Oglkwu921/
Oglegwu8627/
Oglakwu865/
Oglikwu864/
Aglekwu861/
Oglagwu7142/
Ogilgwu711/
Oglogwu711/
Ogelgwu711/
Uglegwu711/
Aglegbu571/

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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
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  • 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 Oglekwu
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