Ogunwoye Surname

322,008th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogunwoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunwoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1581:152,9739,670
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Ogunwoye (41) may also be a first name.

Ogunwoye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ogunwoye is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ogunwoye.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunwoye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 322,008th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,287,788 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogunwoye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 41 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,158 people, or 1 in 152,973. In Nigeria Ogunwoye is most frequent in: Osun, where 37 percent live, Oyo, where 31 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.

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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 Ogunwoye
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