Ogugua Surname

113,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,069 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogugua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogugua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,8821:45,6323,551
England631:884,41445,970
United States581:6,249,292299,206
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Ogugua (1,144) may also be a first name.

Ogugua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ogugua occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogugua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 113,674th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,790,992 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ogugua reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 235,318th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 1,144 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,882 people, or 1 in 45,632. In Nigeria Ogugua is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 17 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Abia, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Ogugua Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ogugua last name are 25.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 78.57% being registered with the party.

The amount Ogugua earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.11% less than the national average, earning 217,634 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.6% more than the national average, earning R 357,876 per year and in United States they earn 33.29% more than the national average, earning $57,514 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oguguah9232/
Ogugwua9213/
Oguguoa925/
Oguguaa923/
Gogugua921/
Ogungua921/
Oggugua921/
Oguugua921/
Oguguo832,157/
Agugua83630/
Ogugwa83173/
Ogugba8355/
Ogunkua77111/
Aguguah7712/
Ogugbuo773/
Ongukua773/
Onguguo773/
Ogugwuo772/
Ogougba771/
Ogugwai771/
Ogouguo771/
Ogougbai7115/
Ogougbaï712/
Ogougbaî712/
Aguguo67839/
Agugba6792/
Ogugbo6732/
Ogugwo6712/
Agogua672/
Ogugvo672/
Agugwa671/

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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 Ogugua
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