Okugye Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Okugye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okugye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Okugye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okugye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okugye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Okugye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okugye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Nasarawa, where 50 percent live and Rivers, where 50 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okuge9112/
Okugie8337/
Okusge8328/
Okunge8315/
Okeuge833/
Okogye831/
Okughe831/
Okugea831/
Okugiy831/
Akungye7711/
Okungyi771/
Okughea771/
Okuga73487/
Okoge7371/
Okugi734/
Akuge732/
Okogie67695/
Akugyi6770/
Akugya6726/
Okungi6718/
Okugga6711/
Akunge6710/
Okounghea679/
Okugha676/
Okudie676/
Okuiga675/
Okooge674/
Okungeowa673/
Akugeh672/
Akauge672/
Akughe672/
Okouga672/
Akhuge671/
Okeuga671/
Akogye671/
Okigyi671/
Ocunge671/
Akungy671/
Akugge671/

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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 Okugye
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis