Ogwa Surname

140,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,8281:62,6394,638
Kenya1121:412,32122,772
Cameroon721:288,45927,220
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Uganda651:600,60431,967
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ogwa (1,134) may also be a first name.

Ogwa Last Name Facts

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

Ogwa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ogwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 140,973rd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,303,998 people. The last name Ogwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogwa are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogwa is also the 236,441st most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 1,134 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,828 people, or 1 in 62,639. In Nigeria Ogwa is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 50 percent live, Delta, where 13 percent live and Cross River, where 8 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.

Ogwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Hogway800/
Ogba7522,417/
Agwa7514,137/
Ogwo756,457/
Ugwa753,503/
Okwa752,740/
Egwa752,272/
Ogwe751,770/
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Hagwa6720/
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Egwua6716/
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Aghwa6716/
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Hugwa6713/
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Hegwa6712/
Ugwai6712/
Augwa6711/
Aggwa6711/
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Oghba675/
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Gacwa675/
Uugwa674/
Oggua673/
Ojgwe673/
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Eggwa673/
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Oogba672/
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Oygwo671/
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Ogwje671/
Ugkwa671/
Ugwha671/
Okgwo671/
Ogbha671/
Oigwo671/
Okgua671/
Oigba671/
Ougwe671/
Oguay671/
Agkwa671/
Ogbaj671/
Ogbau671/
Oghwo671/
Ohgwe671/
Ogwed671/
Ogwej671/
Ogwih671/
Agwha671/
Uogwe671/
Ongwi671/
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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 Ogwa
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