Ogwalu Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Ogwalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 111 | 1:1,595,881 | 59,722 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
Ogwalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ogwalu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwalu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,649,806th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname Ogwalu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogwalu reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 1,595,881. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 83 percent reside, Abia, where 7 percent reside and Kaduna, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ongwalu | 92 | 103 | / |
| Ogwualu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Egwalu | 83 | 702 | / |
| Ogbalu | 83 | 121 | / |
| Ogualu | 83 | 80 | / |
| Agwalu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ugwalu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okwalu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ogwolu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ogwuilu | 77 | 24 | / |
| Ugwualu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Egwualu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ogbealu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ogbaulu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ogbailu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ongwolu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agwualu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agwailou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbolu | 67 | 4,470 | / |
| Agbalu | 67 | 340 | / |
| Egwelu | 67 | 224 | / |
| Akwalu | 67 | 212 | / |
| Agwelu | 67 | 114 | / |
| Ekwalu | 67 | 72 | / |
| Okwelu | 67 | 43 | / |
| Ecwalu | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ukwalu | 67 | 22 | / |
| Okwolu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oguolu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ugbalu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ugualu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Egualu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ugwolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agualu | 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
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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 Ogwalu
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