Ogunta Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Ogunta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1071:1,655,54061,311
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Ogunta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogunta (Arabic: اوغنتي) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunta? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,755,741st most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogunta are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 1,655,540. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Enugu, where 36 percent live, Lagos, where 29 percent live and Abia, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 1 percent live and Kuwait, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gogunta92171/
Oguntad923/
Ougounta861/
Oguntaya861/
Googunta861/
Ogunti831,518/
Agunta83382/
Ogunte83118/
Ugunta8317/
Ogunto835/
Ogunty834/
Ogonta834/
Egunta831/
Agounta7729/
Oguntoo777/
Ungunta774/
Angunta773/
Oguntoy773/
Oguntee772/
Oguntui772/
Ogunter771/
Ogutnte771/
Gogunti771/
Agusinta7122/
Hongunti716/
Hongunte715/
O'Gunter712/
Oguntosh711/
Agonta6729/
Agunte6727/
Agunto6721/
Ugonta6718/
Ogonte6715/
Ougountou675/
Oguchenti672/
Ogonti671/
Ugunti671/
Agunti671/
Agumta671/

Ogunta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ogunta in the Arabic language
اوغنتيawghnty-

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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 Ogunta
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