Ogobia Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ogobia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogobia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda551:709,80535,417
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663

Ogobia Last Name Facts

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

Ogobia is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ogobia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogobia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,460,878th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Ogobia live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 709,805. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Serere District, where 58 percent reside, Ngora District, where 18 percent reside and Soroti District, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Uganda this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gogobia9242/
Hogobia925/
Agobia83450/
Egobia8384/
Ogubia835/
Ogabia834/
Ogobya831/
Ogobea831/
Gogobeiya808/
Agoubia7710/
Aegobia771/
Agoobia771/
Ogoviea771/
Ogubio67187/
Agovia678/
Ogowja674/
Ogabio674/
Agobya672/
Agubia672/
Agobea671/
Agabia671/
Egobya671/
Ogavia671/
Gougoubia671/
Ugobja671/

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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 Ogobia
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