Onwuogu Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Onwuogu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onwuogu (5) may also be a first name.
Onwuogu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onwuogu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onwuogu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onwuogu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Onwuogu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Onwuogu reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onwuogu is also the 5,493,085th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 5 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Onwuogu is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 25 percent are found, Jigawa, where 25 percent are found and Niger, where 25 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onuogu | 92 | 273 | / |
| Onwogu | 92 | 5 | / |
| Enwuogu | 86 | 53 | / |
| Onwuagu | 86 | 10 | / |
| Oonwogu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onwongu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onwuhagu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Enwogu | 77 | 98 | / |
| Onuagu | 77 | 60 | / |
| Unuogu | 77 | 20 | / |
| Enuogu | 77 | 18 | / |
| Anuogu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Anwogu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onwagu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Unwoghu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Enuagu | 62 | 48 | / |
| Unuagu | 62 | 38 | / |
| Anwagu | 62 | 6 | / |
| Anuagu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Unwagu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Unuongu | 57 | 2 | / |
| Unwangu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ugnuagu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Anuhagu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ambougou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Amboughou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Onwuogu
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