Ogwche Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Ogwche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Ogwche (13) may also be a first name.
Ogwche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogwche occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ogwche.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwche? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,666,404th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. Ogwche occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogwche live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogwche is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 30 percent are found, Kaduna, where 25 percent are found and Kogi, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 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 Ogwche
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