Ogunwo Surname

461,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Ogunwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7091:249,84914,450
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Iceland21:190,0456,825
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Ogunwo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ogunwo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunwo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 461,133rd most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 9,955,664 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ogunwo live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 709 people, or 1 in 249,849. In Nigeria Ogunwo is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 36 percent are found, Lagos, where 26 percent are found and Ondo, where 26 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.

Ogunwo Last Name Statistics demography

Ogunwo earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $41,054 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogunnwo926/
Ogunwoa921/
Ogunwoh921/
Ogunnnwo861/
Ogunbo83891/
Ogunwa83816/
Agunwo836/
Ogonwo831/
Ogunnwa7749/
Ogunboy775/
Ogunboh772/
Ogumwuo771/
Oghunboi711/
Agunwa671,557/
Ogunba67751/
Ogonwa67202/
Ogumbo6769/
Ugunwa679/
Agonwo673/
Ogunua672/
Ugunbo672/
Egunwa671/
Agunbo671/
Ogumwa671/

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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 Ogunwo
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