Ogwua Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Ogwua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 178 | 1:995,184 | 42,110 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
Ogwua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogwua occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ogwua.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwua? popularity and diffusion
Ogwua is the 1,272,314th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogwua reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ogwua is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 995,184. In Nigeria Ogwua is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 51 percent are found, Edo, where 10 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, 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 Ogwua
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