Ogum Surname
Approximately 1,667 people bear this surname
Ogum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 948 | 1:186,859 | 11,345 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Cameroon | 55 | 1:377,619 | 33,137 |
| Kenya | 53 | 1:871,319 | 32,675 |
| South Korea | 50 | 1:1,024,805 | 317 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Ogum (160) may also be a first name.
Ogum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogum has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 240,075th most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,371,653 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Ogum reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogum is also the 725,185th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 160 people.
The last name Ogum is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 948 people, or 1 in 186,859. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Cross River, where 22 percent live, Rivers, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria Ogum exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 29 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Ogum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ogum has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ogum surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ongum | 89 | 2,688 | / |
| Ogume | 89 | 417 | / |
| Ogoum | 89 | 21 | / |
| Oguum | 89 | 13 | / |
| Gogum | 89 | 9 | / |
| Oggum | 89 | 7 | / |
| Hogum | 89 | 6 | / |
| Oghum | 89 | 2 | / |
| Hongum | 80 | 75 | / |
| Hougum | 80 | 37 | / |
| Ougume | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ogoume | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ogusme | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hoigum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hoygum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ougoum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oongum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogun | 75 | 10,777 | / |
| Agum | 75 | 3,589 | / |
| Ogom | 75 | 972 | / |
| Egum | 75 | 565 | / |
| Ugum | 75 | 111 | / |
| Hougoum | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gougoum | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ogumowa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Honghum | 73 | 2 | / |
| Houghum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hongoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongun | 67 | 8,889 | / |
| Angum | 67 | 1,709 | / |
| Agume | 67 | 888 | / |
| Eggum | 67 | 820 | / |
| Ogoun | 67 | 701 | / |
| Ogune | 67 | 665 | / |
| Đugum | 67 | 374 | / |
| Gagum | 67 | 301 | / |
| Gogun | 67 | 289 | / |
| Ungum | 67 | 225 | / |
| Gugum | 67 | 160 | / |
| Agoum | 67 | 56 | / |
| Hogun | 67 | 48 | / |
| Hagum | 67 | 48 | / |
| Hugum | 67 | 30 | / |
| Uggum | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ogung | 67 | 17 | / |
| Egoum | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hegum | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aagum | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aggum | 67 | 8 | / |
| Agusm | 67 | 7 | / |
| Augum | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eegum | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oygun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okgun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ogunn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aghum | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ahgum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogund | 67 | 3 | / |
| Đogun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aegum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ogunh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oogun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ugume | 67 | 2 | / |
| O'Gun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uygum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goguń | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogoom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agumg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osgun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogunt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ougom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eugum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogaun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hogom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ougun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agumn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oghom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oghun | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ogum
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