Ogualu Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Ogualu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Ogualu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogualu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogualu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogualu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogualu is the 2,106,139th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ogualu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria Ogualu is most frequent in: Lagos, where 58 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogwualu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ogwalu | 83 | 121 | / |
| Ogbalu | 83 | 121 | / |
| Oguolu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ugualu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Egualu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Agualu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ongwalu | 77 | 103 | / |
| Ogwuilu | 77 | 24 | / |
| Ugwualu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Egwualu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ogbealu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ogboulu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogbaulu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogbailu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Angualu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agwualu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aungualu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ogcuoğlu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbolu | 67 | 4,470 | / |
| Egwalu | 67 | 702 | / |
| Agbalu | 67 | 340 | / |
| Aguolu | 67 | 178 | / |
| Ukwalu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Okuolu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Uguolu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ugbalu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Agwalu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ugwalu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwalu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akualu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuelu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ogualu
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