Ogugu Surname

214,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,917 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ogugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogugu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3341:132,7918,611
Uganda4001:97,5989,874
Kenya1681:274,88018,068
England51:11,143,612252,590
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Ogugu (333) may also be a first name.

Ogugu Last Name Facts

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

Ogugu is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ogugu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogugu? popularity and diffusion

Ogugu is the 214,545th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,801,537 people. Ogugu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogugu live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogugu is also the 479,726th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 333 people.

The last name Ogugu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,334 people, or 1 in 132,791. In Nigeria Ogugu is most common in: Delta, where 33 percent live, Bayelsa, where 32 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 21 percent live and Kenya, where 9 percent live.

Ogugu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Ogugu last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gogugu9172/
Ogugou9112/
Ogungu9110/
Ogaugu915/
Ongugu914/
Ogugus914/
Oguguh913/
Ogugau912/
Oguggu911/
Oghughu83105/
Ogougou838/
Ongungu834/
Ongugau833/
Gogughu831/
Agugu80957/
Egugu80101/
Ugugu809/
Agungu73279/
Gugugu7335/
Agugut7314/
Hagugu7311/
Ugougu733/
Angugu732/
Agugou732/
Ogoegu731/
Aghugu731/
Agughu731/
Hugugu731/
Ousgougou71137/
Ongoungou7111/
Aghughu67542/
Agougou67163/
Angungu6779/
Ungungu671/
Eghughu671/
Anghugu671/

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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 Ogugu
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