Ogouwa Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Ogouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
Ogouwa (74) may also be a first name.
Ogouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogouwa is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogouwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogouwa is the 4,649,889th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogouwa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogouwa is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently used first name globally, held by 74 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Ogouwa is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 46 percent are found, Lagos, where 31 percent are found and Ondo, where 23 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 28 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 Ogouwa
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