Ogobu Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Ogobu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ogobu (11) may also be a first name.
Ogobu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogobu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogobu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogobu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogobu is the 6,360,413th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Ogobu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogobu live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Ogobu is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 50 percent are found, Benue, where 13 percent are found and Enugu, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gogobu | 91 | 25 | / |
| Ogoibu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ogoebu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ogabu | 80 | 377 | / |
| Egobu | 80 | 186 | / |
| Ogubu | 80 | 16 | / |
| Ogebu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ogowu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ogovu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Agobu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ugobu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Angobu | 73 | 213 | / |
| Hagobu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Oghowu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ogabui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ogiebu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogubud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogabgu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egobau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gogovu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongabu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ocgoywu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ougabou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogouwgu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angobou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gogovou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agoubou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ogobu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis