Ogwuru Surname

492,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 672 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogwuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogwuru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6351:278,96515,777
England221:2,532,63991,802
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Ogwuru (25) may also be a first name.

Ogwuru Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ogwuru Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ogwuru is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ogwuru.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogwuru? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ogwuru is the 492,243rd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,844,562 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ogwuru live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 25 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 635 people, or 1 in 278,965. In Nigeria Ogwuru is most numerous in: Abia, where 43 percent are found, Rivers, where 11 percent are found and Enugu, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Ogwuru Last Name Statistics demography

Ogwuru earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oghwuru9228/
Ongwuru921/
Ogwwuru921/
Okgwuru921/
Ogwurruu863/
Oghwuruu861/
Okwuru83715/
Ogburu83322/
Ugwuru83146/
Egwuru8381/
Agwuru8336/
Oguoru8314/
Ogworu833/
Ogwiru831/
Ogbauru774/
Ugwuiru772/
Okwuruh771/
Oghworu771/
Agburu67493/
Ekwuru67323/
Ukwuru67244/
Okworu6783/
Akwuru6781/
Ugburu6715/
Agworu6710/
Okwiru672/
Ugworu672/
Egwiru671/
Ugwoeru6267/
Ekwurru623/
Agbuuru621/
Adkwuru621/
Agbourou572/
Ukworu50506/
Ekwiru5033/
Aquiru501/
Akworu501/

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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 Ogwuru
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