Ogoyi Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Ogoyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 265 | 1:668,463 | 31,178 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ogoyi (39) may also be a first name.
Ogoyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogoyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogoyi occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ogoyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogoyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogoyi is the 959,117th most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 26,792,448 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogoyi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogoyi is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 39 people.
The surname Ogoyi is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 265 people, or 1 in 668,463. In Nigeria Ogoyi is most prevalent in: Benue, where 56 percent live, Kaduna, where 14 percent live and Kogi, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ogoyi
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