Ogujawa Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ireland

Ogujawa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogujawa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Ogujawa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogujawa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogujawa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Ogujawa is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ogujawa reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Ogujawa is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 47 percent are found, Rivers, where 44 percent are found and Kano, where 3 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Ireland, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogouwa7718/
Agujwa771/
Ogauwa771/
Ogaywa771/
Ogujua771/
Agajawa713/
Ogusawo711/
Ougouwa711/
Gogouwa711/
Ogawe6741/
Ogouwahe675/
Oungouwa672/

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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 Ogujawa
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