Omugbe Surname

399,716th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 880 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omugbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omugbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8761:202,21812,101
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Omugbe (18) may also be a first name.

Omugbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Omugbe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Omugbe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Omugbe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 399,716th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,281,302 people. The surname Omugbe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omugbe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 18 people.

The last name Omugbe is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 876 people, or 1 in 202,218. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 59 percent reside, Edo, where 13 percent reside and Ogun, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omuegbe9251/
Omeugbe921/
Omuigbe921/
Umugbe83255/
Omogbe83242/
Omugba8336/
Amugbe8331/
Omigbe8319/
Omugwe832/
Omoegbe7773/
Omogbhe7763/
Omiegbe7729/
Emuegbe7721/
Omogbei7712/
Umuigbe779/
Omugbai778/
Omoghbe775/
Amuegbe771/
Omogbee771/
Omuigwe771/
Amungbe771/
Omogbie771/
Omoogbe771/
Omoegbee711/
Amugba67103/
Omogba6771/
Umugba6719/
Amogbe6719/
Omugwa6717/
Omogwe6710/
Omukwe676/
Amugue672/
Amigbe672/
Omokue672/
Omuque671/
Amugwe671/
Omogbi671/
Umogbe671/
Emigbe671/
Umugbi671/

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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 Omugbe
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