Ogumah Surname

735,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 393 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogumah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogumah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3721:476,19023,978
England141:3,979,861125,553
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ogumah (12) may also be a first name.

Ogumah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogumah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogumah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 735,823rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,543,374 people. The surname Ogumah is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ogumah reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogumah is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 372 people, or 1 in 476,190. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 44 percent reside, Delta, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oghumah9286/
Ogoumah926/
Oguma9131,141/
Agumah83586/
Oghuma83382/
Ogouma83290/
Egumah8375/
Ogumma8321/
Ogomah8320/
Ogumoh8313/
Ogimah8312/
Onguma839/
Ogumha832/
Ogauma832/
Ogumaa831/
Ogumga831/
Ogumat831/
Hoguma830/
Ongouma7765/
Oghomah774/
Ougouma772/
Ougumat771/
Oghouma771/
Gogouma771/
Ogoumma771/
Agaumah771/
Oguuhma771/
Gouguma771/
Aguma739,396/
Eguma732,501/
Ogoma731,371/
Ogima73137/
Ogumo7372/
Gougouma71925/
Ougoumay714/
Hougouma712/
Gogoumma711/
Haguma6710,274/
Anguma67985/
Agouma67229/
Agumai67106/
Gaguma67102/
Gogumo6799/
Agumas6781/
Oghoma6758/
Agusma6745/
Ogimai6720/
Agumay6720/
Agumaa6715/
Agumat6711/
Ogomma679/
Ogooma676/
Ogumuo676/
Aguuma674/
Agumma674/
Ougoummad674/
Hogoma673/
Ongumo672/
Ogomoh672/
Gougoumma672/
Agumoh671/
Agumad671/
Agauma671/
Ogimma671/
Egguma671/

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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 Ogumah
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