Ogonyi Surname
Approximately 598 people bear this surname
Ogonyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 495 | 1:357,864 | 19,258 |
| Kenya | 92 | 1:501,955 | 25,569 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
Ogonyi (122) may also be a first name.
Ogonyi Demographics
Ogonyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ogonyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogonyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogonyi is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogonyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogonyi is the 538,129th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,186,532 people. Ogonyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogonyi reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 122 people.
The last name Ogonyi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 495 people, or 1 in 357,864. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 86 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent are found and Benue, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Ogonyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ogonyi
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