Ogwalo Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ogwalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogwalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ogwalo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogwalo is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogwalo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ogwalo reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

Ogwalo is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania Ogwalo is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 90 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Ogwalo occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 35 percent are found and Kenya, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ogwallo926/
Agwalo83421/
Okwalo83259/
Ogwala83111/
Ogwolo8340/
Ogbalo838/
Ocwalo834/
Ogwelo834/
Ongwala77315/
Oghwolo7727/
Ogbaloi7726/
Ugwualo7715/
Ogwholo7711/
Agwealo774/
Hogbalo773/
Ogbailo772/
Ogwalla772/
Ogwuala771/
Agwualo771/
Agwailou711/
Ogbolo671,970/
Ogwola671,258/
Ogbala67668/
Agbalo67366/
Ogwela67199/
Agwala67180/
Ugwala67107/
Oguala6799/
Agwelo6791/
Ocwala6784/
Agualo6774/
Ekwalo6773/
Egwala6748/
Ugbalo6743/
Okwala6742/
Egwolo6722/
Agwolo6716/
Akwalo6710/
Okwelo679/
Ugualo675/
Ogvala674/
Egwelo673/
Okwolo672/
Oguolo671/
Acwalo671/

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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 Ogwalo
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