Ogooluwa Surname

335,833rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,098 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogooluwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ogooluwa 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
Nigeria1,0971:161,47910,113
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ogooluwa (594) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Nigeria

Ogooluwa Demographics

Ogooluwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 294 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Ogooluwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogooluwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ogooluwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogooluwa? popularity and diffusion

Ogooluwa is the 335,833rd most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,637,109 people. The surname Ogooluwa is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogooluwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogooluwa is also the 343,155th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 594 people.

The last name Ogooluwa is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,097 people, or 1 in 161,479. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ondo, where 38 percent live, Ogun, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live.

Ogooluwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (92%) in Nigeria.

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
Ogoolouwa941/
Ogoluwa93173/
Ogholuwa8845/
Ugooluwa881/
Ogooluwo881/
Oguluwa801/
Ogolowe671/
Oghaluwe633/
Egolueva631/
Agolouwe631/
Ogolowho631/
Aghaleuwa591/
O'Galloway561/
Ogulowo5313/
Agaliwa532/
Aghaluwe5030/
Ogalieva502/
Agolowei501/
Agaluwei501/
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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 Ogooluwa
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