Ogoji Surname
Approximately 877 people bear this surname
Ogoji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 871 | 1:203,379 | 12,159 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ogoji (72) may also be a first name.
Ogoji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogoji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogoji occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogoji? popularity and diffusion
Ogoji is the 400,713th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,309,630 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogoji reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogoji is also the 1,143,416th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 72 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 871 people, or 1 in 203,379. In Nigeria Ogoji is mostly found in: Lagos, where 22 percent are found, Cross River, where 21 percent are found and Ekiti, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ogoji
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