Ogwah Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Ogwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 169 | 1:1,048,182 | 43,882 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Ogwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogwah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogwah is the 1,321,499th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogwah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 1,048,182. In Nigeria Ogwah is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 25 percent are found, Edo, where 21 percent are found and Benue, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogwuah | 91 | 17 | / |
| Okgwah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ogwa | 89 | 3,163 | / |
| Oguah | 80 | 415 | / |
| Okwah | 80 | 393 | / |
| Agwah | 80 | 330 | / |
| Ogwua | 80 | 180 | / |
| Ogwai | 80 | 177 | / |
| Ogway | 80 | 73 | / |
| Ogwoh | 80 | 54 | / |
| Egwah | 80 | 15 | / |
| Oghwa | 80 | 12 | / |
| Ogwho | 80 | 11 | / |
| Ogwas | 80 | 4 | / |
| Okgwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ohgwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ogwaa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ogwau | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ougwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogkwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogwea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogwha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogbaah | 73 | 60 | / |
| Ongway | 73 | 41 | / |
| Googwa | 73 | 18 | / |
| Oguaha | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ogbeah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Oungwa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ogwuoa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Agwuah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Oygewa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ogwoha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oingwa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ogbaha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Egweah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ogwuay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agwahu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gogwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwaah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oghuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongwea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agweah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ocwach | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onguah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogwohe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Egwwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hogway | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ogba | 67 | 22,417 | / |
| Agwa | 67 | 14,137 | / |
| Ogwo | 67 | 6,457 | / |
| Okwa | 67 | 2,740 | / |
| Egwa | 67 | 2,272 | / |
| Ogua | 67 | 605 | / |
| Ocwa | 67 | 586 | / |
| Oguahaa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Oqwa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Egwuaha | 67 | 8 | / |
| Aghwach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwuaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuaei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hongvah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogwooha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uongwai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ogwah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis