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 last name Ogwale is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ogwale click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwale? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 548,408th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,500,079 people. The surname Ogwale occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogwale live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held first name internationally, held by 32 people.
The surname Ogwale is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 534 people, or 1 in 331,728. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 76 percent reside, Enugu, where 7 percent reside and Kogi, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent reside.
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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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