Ogwale Surname
Approximately 583 people bear this surname
Ogwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 534 | 1:331,728 | 18,109 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
Ogwale (32) may also be a first name.
Ogwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogwale is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwale? popularity and diffusion
Ogwale is the 548,408th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogwale reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, borne by 32 people.
The last name Ogwale is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 534 people, or 1 in 331,728. In Nigeria Ogwale is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 76 percent are found, Enugu, where 7 percent are found and Kogi, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Ogwale
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