Ogwugwa Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Ogwugwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 280 | 1:632,653 | 29,888 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ogwugwa (35) may also be a first name.
Ogwugwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwugwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogwugwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwugwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogwugwa is the 933,049th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogwugwa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 35 people.
Ogwugwa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 280 people, or 1 in 632,653. In Nigeria Ogwugwa is mostly found in: Delta, where 59 percent reside, Edo, where 16 percent reside and Rivers, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Ogwugwa is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogwugwua | 93 | 98 | / |
| Ogwougwa | 93 | 8 | / |
| Ogwugwai | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ogwugua | 86 | 35 | / |
| Agwugwa | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ogwugwo | 86 | 5 | / |
| Ogwukwa | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ogwogwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okwuegwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ogwogwo | 71 | 235 | / |
| Agwukwa | 71 | 83 | / |
| Ogbugwo | 71 | 49 | / |
| Okwukwa | 71 | 19 | / |
| Okwugba | 71 | 14 | / |
| Agwugwo | 71 | 11 | / |
| Ogwuguo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ugwugwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogwogwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oguokwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oguogua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogwokwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbugba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogwukwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekwugwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ukwugwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbuigba | 67 | 82 | / |
| Okwunkwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Agwukwua | 67 | 6 | / |
| Agwuigwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ogbaugwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Egwuekwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ugwuigwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwunkwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Egwugwuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwugbah | 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 Ogwugwa
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