Oguibe Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oguibe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oguibe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5051:350,77818,947
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Oguibe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oguibe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Oguibe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oguibe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 602,749th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oguibe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 505 people, or 1 in 350,778. In Nigeria Oguibe is primarily found in: Abia, where 47 percent reside, Rivers, where 19 percent reside and Kano, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Oguhibe923/
Ogibe9138/
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Aguibe8326/
Oguebe8320/
Okuibe8320/
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Ogibei831/
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Okwuibe77321/
Agwuibe7798/
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Agquibe771/
Gogibee771/
Ogebe731,861/
Ogiba73336/
Agibe73270/
Ogive7317/
Ogibi7317/
Ogwuebie712/
Aguibi671,037/
Ogbebe67456/
Agiebe6762/
Ogbebi6760/
Ogoiba6755/
Ogwebe6742/
Oigebe6736/
Ogbeve6718/
Okwibe6712/
Ogivea6711/
Ogebeh678/
Aguebe677/
Oguebi675/
Oguewe674/
Oggiba674/
Agaibe674/
Okuebe673/
Ogieba673/
Ogebee672/
Ogbibi672/
Ogbiwe672/
Ogbewy672/
Angibe672/
Ongebe672/
Oghebe672/
Ogueby671/
Agibes671/
Ogaibi671/
Oghibi671/
Ogwiba671/
Gogebe671/
Aguive671/
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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 Oguibe
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