Ogoum Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Benin

Ogoum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogoum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ogoum (15) may also be a first name.

Ogoum Last Name Facts

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

Ogoum occurs most in Chad. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogoum? popularity and diffusion

Ogoum is the 4,307,654th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogoum are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,510,244. Apart from Chad this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 33 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogoume914/
Ougoum911/
Ogum891,667/
Ogom89972/
Hougoum833/
Gougoum833/
Hongoum831/
Ogouyom831/
Ongom8023,932/
Ongum802,688/
Ogoun80701/
Ogume80417/
Ogome80138/
Agoum8056/
Gogom8039/
Oguum8013/
Gogum809/
Oggum807/
Hogum806/
Oghum802/
Hogom801/
Ogoom801/
Ougom801/
Oghom801/
Ugoum801/
Ogouyeme771/
Ogouyome771/
Gougam731,715/
Agoume731,509/
Gagoum73157/
Oghome73102/
Hongum7375/
Hougom7356/
Angoum7338/
Hongom7312/
Aggoum735/
Hoghom733/
Ongomm733/
Ogayom732/
Ogusme732/
Hoigum731/
Hoygum731/
Onghom731/
Oghoun731/
Oungom731/
Ongoun731/
Oongum731/
Ogoime731/
Hogome730/
Ogun6710,777/
Agom674,389/
Agum673,589/
Ogon673,112/
Ogam67472/
Ugom67265/
Agoujim67204/
Agoutim67137/
Ugum67111/
Honghom6739/
Ogoń6739/
Augoume6723/
Honngom679/
Ougoune673/
Honghum672/
Ogouyon672/
Ogumowa672/
Aggoume671/
Ogoyome671/
Oghomhe671/
Hogound671/
Oghohme671/
Hougoun671/
Ogounne671/
Ouggoun670/
Hoggosm670/

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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 Ogoum
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