Ogwurike Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Ogwurike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ogwurike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogwurike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ogwurike is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogwurike? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name Ogwurike is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ogwurike live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ogwurike is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Ogwurike is most frequent in: Enugu, where 46 percent reside, Plateau, where 15 percent reside and Kaduna, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ogwurike
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