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

The last name Ogunwuyi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunwuyi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 201,834th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,529,078 people. The last name Ogunwuyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ogunwuyi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held forename on earth, borne by 41 people.

This surname is most numerous 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 live, Osun, where 23 percent live and Kwara, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

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
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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 Ogunwuyi
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