Ogowe Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Ogowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Ogowe Demographics
Ogowe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ogowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogowe is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ogowe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogowe? popularity and diffusion
Ogowe is the 1,612,213th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. Ogowe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogowe are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 518,875. In Kenya it is most common in: Homa Bay County, where 87 percent reside, Migori County, where 4 percent reside and Siaya County, where 4 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and Gabon, where 3 percent reside.
Ogowe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname 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
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- 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 Ogowe
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