Ogunwuyi Surname

201,834th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,065 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogunwuyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunwuyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,0141:87,9566,142
United States291:12,498,584473,286
England171:3,277,533109,658
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Ogunwuyi (41) may also be a first name.

Ogunwuyi Last Name Facts

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

Ogunwuyi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ogunwuyi.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunwuyi? popularity and diffusion

Ogunwuyi is the 201,834th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,529,078 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogunwuyi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 41 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,014 people, or 1 in 87,956. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 42 percent are found, Osun, where 23 percent are found and Kwara, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Ogunwuyi Last Name Statistics demography

Ogunwuyi earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.61% more than the national average, earning $61,967 USD per year.

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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 Ogunwuyi
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