Ogoama Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogoama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ogoama Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ogoama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ogoama occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogoama? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Ogoama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogoama live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 56 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Benue, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ugoama8357/
Agoama831/
Agoamah772/
Agouama771/
Oghoyoma7126/
Oghojoma7125/
Ougouamou671/
Ougouammou631/
Ogoiomo621/
Ogoyomi621/
Agouamo621/
Ogoyome621/
Oghojomo571/
Ugaoma501/
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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 Ogoama
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