Ohizu Surname

908,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ohizu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohizu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2881:615,07929,261
England21:27,859,030389,889
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ohizu Last Name Facts

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

Ohizu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohizu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 908,336th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. Ohizu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ohizu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 615,079. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 24 percent live, Edo, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ohuizu9182/
Ohiezu9121/
Ahizu80113/
Ehizu805/
Ohitsu73482/
Ahizou7345/
Ahuizu7318/
Hahizu7311/
Hahizou67258/
Oezu671/
Oezau6021/
Oezsu602/
Ahicou551/
Ouichou501,196/

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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 Ohizu
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