Oogu Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Oogu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oogu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Oogu Last Name Facts

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

Oogu is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oogu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,106,139th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname Oogu occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Oogu live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Oogu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 71 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 13 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Ogu8912/
Ooggu896/
Googu892/
Ogu8661,156/
O'Ogau807/
Ogou7513,927/
Gogu7512,014/
Oggu756,788/
Ogud752,944/
Ogut752,525/
Oguh752,508/
Ongu751,755/
Oguz751,474/
Oghu75587/
Hogu75382/
Ogus75378/
Oguu7564/
Oegu7540/
Oygu7528/
Ogau7517/
Oigu759/
Ougu757/
Ogup754/
Uogu753/
Osgu752/
Oguj751/
Ohgu751/
Okgu751/
Ojgu751/
Ogux751/
Ooghuis731/
Hongu676,576/
Gogou671,158/
Onguu67369/
Hooghuis67315/
Ongau67275/
Gogau67125/
Goggu6764/
Oyguç6739/
Oguss6729/
Hooghuys6728/
Oigus6725/
Oygut6724/
Oguha6724/
Ougou6719/
Ongou6716/
Ogouh6715/
Ogust6715/
Ogush6713/
Onguh6713/
Gougu6712/
Uongu679/
Onggu677/
Oguhe676/
Oguch676/
Oggau676/
Ogutt675/
Hogus675/
Oungu675/
Ogaus674/
Oogoo674/
Hogou674/
Goghu674/
Ogouz674/
Hougu674/
Ouggu673/
Uoggu673/
Hogau673/
Hogut673/
Oghuz672/
Ogous671/
Huogu671/
Ochgu671/
Okgus671/
Ogaud671/
Ogghu671/
Ogueu671/
Goguh671/
Oegou671/
Ogauh671/
Ohguu671/
Ohgus671/
Ouguj671/
Onguj671/
Oingu671/
Okguz671/
Ogouy671/
Oghou671/
Osgut670/

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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 Oogu
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