Ogukwe Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogukwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria571:3,107,76895,628
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ogukwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogukwe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ogukwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogukwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ogukwe is the 2,436,415th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. Ogukwe is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ogukwe live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Ogukwe is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 33 percent live, Kaduna, where 14 percent live and Abia, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agukwe83487/
Ogikwe833/
Ogokwe831/
Ogugwe831/
Ogoekwe7729/
Ogokwue771/
Agukwwe771/
Agukw731/
Ugokwe67949/
Agogue67704/
Ogugwa67173/
Ogugbe6740/
Agukwa6717/
Ogigwe6717/
Ogogwe6711/
Ogokwa672/
Ogugue672/
Agikwe671/
Agokwe671/
Egikwe671/

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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 Ogukwe
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