Ogunsowo Surname

525,029th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 618 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogunsowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunsowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6161:287,56916,174
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ogunsowo (10) may also be a first name.

Ogunsowo Last Name Facts

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

Ogunsowo is found most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunsowo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 525,029th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 11,792,145 people. The surname Ogunsowo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogunsowo are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogunsowo is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread forename globally. It is borne by 10 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 616 people, or 1 in 287,569. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 67 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Oyo, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Ogunsowo exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogunshowo9460/
Ogounsowo941/
Ogunsowoy941/
Ogunsawo8860/
Ogunsobo8810/
Ogunjowo885/
Ogunsewo882/
Ogunsowa881/
Ogunsauwo821/
Ogunshawo821/
Ogunshowa821/
Ogunsuwa7517/
Ogunjuwo754/
Ogunsawa751/

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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 Ogunsowo
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