Ogunseye Surname

83,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,811 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogunseye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunseye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,6381:31,4192,619
England1221:456,70530,074
United States291:12,498,584473,286
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Ogunseye (155) may also be a first name.

Ogunseye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogunseye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunseye? popularity and diffusion

Ogunseye is the 83,333rd most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,254,095 people. The surname Ogunseye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ogunseye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 738,219th most frequently held given name globally, held by 155 people.

The last name Ogunseye is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,638 people, or 1 in 31,419. In Nigeria Ogunseye is most common in: Ogun, where 47 percent are found, Lagos, where 32 percent are found and Oyo, where 7 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Ogunseye occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Ogunseye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ogunseye last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Ogunseye earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.93% more than the national average, earning $44,412 USD per year.

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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 Ogunseye
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