Ogwoo Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Ogwoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Ogwoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogwoo occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ogwoo.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwoo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Ogwoo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ogwoo reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 3,903,928. In Uganda Ogwoo is most common in: Oyam District, where 80 percent are found, Kole District, where 10 percent are found and Lira District, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 38 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogwood | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ogwo | 89 | 6,457 | / |
| Ogwooha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ogboo | 80 | 896 | / |
| Ogwoh | 80 | 54 | / |
| Ogwuo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ogwho | 80 | 11 | / |
| Okwoo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ogwoi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ongwo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oigwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oygwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okgwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oghwo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hougwood | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ogbooh | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ogwuoa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ogwoha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oogboo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ogwohe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agwood | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oigboo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongwuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwood | 73 | 1 | / |
| Osgwod | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hogwod | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ogwu | 67 | 19,540 | / |
| Ogbo | 67 | 13,484 | / |
| Okwo | 67 | 4,017 | / |
| Ogwa | 67 | 3,163 | / |
| Agwo | 67 | 2,101 | / |
| Ugwo | 67 | 988 | / |
| Oguo | 67 | 267 | / |
| Egwo | 67 | 193 | / |
| Ockwood | 67 | 50 | / |
| Ocwo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ugwuooo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ogwuoie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ochgwuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwooyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oqwo | 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
- 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 Ogwoo
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