Ogunu Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ogunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4351:407,22521,289
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ogunu (35) may also be a first name.

Ogunu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogunu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 645,988th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The surname Ogunu occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ogunu are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogunu is also the 1,744,716th most widespread forename globally, held by 35 people.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 435 people, or 1 in 407,225. In Nigeria Ogunu is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 42 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 27 percent reside and Edo, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Ogunu occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogunnu9143/
Ogungu9110/
Ongunu913/
Oghounu8382/
Ogunnou833/
Ogunnus832/
Oghunnu831/
Agunu801,254/
Ogonu80348/
Egunu80141/
Ugunu8016/
Oginu802/
Gogounou7719/
Ougounou773/
Ogounoup771/
Ogounnou771/
Agungu73279/
Agunnu7362/
Ugungu7355/
Angunu7332/
Oigonu7328/
Oghonu7317/
Gugunu7310/
Hogonu737/
Egunnu735/
Agunus735/
Uogonu733/
Egounu733/
Ugunau733/
Agunau731/
Agunud731/
Agunut731/
Ogonnu731/
Oginui731/
Eggunu731/
Ungunu731/
Gougounou713/
Hougounou711/
Augunus6713/
Anggunu6710/
Aungunu6710/
Agounou679/
Augungu674/
Hugunau671/
Eghounu671/
Gugungu671/
Hagunnu671/
Ahagunu671/
Anguunu671/
Ughunus671/

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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 Ogunu
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