Olugbe Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olugbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olugbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1251:1,417,14254,922
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Olugbe (20) may also be a first name.

Olugbe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olugbe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olugbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olugbe is the 1,596,935th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name Olugbe is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Olugbe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olugbe is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 20 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 1,417,142. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 26 percent are found, Kogi, where 19 percent are found and Ogun, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Olugbe occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olougbe92164/
Olaugbe923/
Olungbe923/
Oluegbe921/
Olugbee921/
Olougbei861/
Elugbe83313/
Ologbe83248/
Alugbe83178/
Ulugbe8396/
Oligbe8391/
Olugba8336/
Olugwe8314/
Olugue834/
Olugbi833/
Olugbejhe801/
Ulugbey77371/
Alungbe77179/
Galugbe77111/
Alugbhe7721/
Alougbe7714/
Oluigwe7710/
Alugbea775/
Oluguei775/
Oloegbe773/
Oliegbe772/
Alugbei771/
Olugboj771/
Oilogbe771/
Olugboa771/
Aluegbe771/
Holuigue71420/
Aloungbe716/
Olugbaja713/
Allougbe712/
Galougbe712/
Ahlungbe711/
Alaungbe711/
Olougboi711/
Aligbe671,659/
Oligbi67302/
Ologba67258/
Alugwe67204/
Olugwa67127/
Alogbe67118/
Alugba6786/
Alugbi6725/
Eligbe677/
Holluigue674/
Alugue673/
Ologue673/
Oulougbai672/
Goulougue671/
Ologbi671/
Oulougoue671/
Ologwe671/
Olugwi671/

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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 Olugbe
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