Ogunpolu Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogunpolu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunpolu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1681:1,054,42144,098
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
England31:18,572,686338,250
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ogunpolu Last Name Facts

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

Ogunpolu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunpolu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,257,535th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ogunpolu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ogunpolu is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 1,054,421. In Nigeria Ogunpolu is mostly found in: Lagos, where 40 percent reside, Ogun, where 25 percent reside and Oyo, where 24 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

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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 Ogunpolu
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