Ogunwa Surname
Approximately 816 people bear this surname
Ogunwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 800 | 1:221,428 | 13,065 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ogunwa (70) may also be a first name.
Ogunwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogunwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogunwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 424,145th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,930,816 people. The surname Ogunwa is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogunwa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 70 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 800 people, or 1 in 221,428. In Nigeria Ogunwa is most numerous in: Lagos, where 18 percent live, Ondo, where 15 percent live and Delta, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Ogunwa exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogunnwa | 92 | 49 | / |
| Ogunwoa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Agunwa | 83 | 1,557 | / |
| Ogunba | 83 | 751 | / |
| Ogunwo | 83 | 732 | / |
| Ogonwa | 83 | 202 | / |
| Ogunwe | 83 | 49 | / |
| Ogunwi | 83 | 31 | / |
| Ugunwa | 83 | 9 | / |
| Ogunua | 83 | 2 | / |
| Egunwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ogumwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Agunwah | 77 | 61 | / |
| Ogunmba | 77 | 7 | / |
| Ogunnwo | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ogunbay | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ugunwah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agounwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunwoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agunnwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aegunwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ogunbayowa | 75 | 37 | / |
| Ogunboyowa | 75 | 34 | / |
| Agunwaah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunnnwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunbo | 67 | 891 | / |
| Ogunbi | 67 | 656 | / |
| Ogumba | 67 | 339 | / |
| Ogunbe | 67 | 292 | / |
| Ugonwa | 67 | 167 | / |
| Ogunby | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ogonua | 67 | 29 | / |
| Agunba | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ugunba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Agonwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Agunwo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Agunua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agunwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogonwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ogunwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis