Osokogu Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osokogu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osokogu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2001:885,71438,609
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Osokogu Last Name Facts

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

Osokogu occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osokogu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,155,901st most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Osokogu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Osokogu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 51 percent are found, Edo, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osokogwu93109/
Osokogau931/
Osokaogwu8814/
Osokagu8610/
Osokogw861/
Osokogo861/
Osokugwu802/
Osokogwo801/
Osokuq771/
Osakaogwu751/
Isokoku711,079/
Asikogu71106/
Osekigu7133/
Ossoukokou716/
Usokoku715/
Osikoko714/
Osikegu713/
Osikigu711/
Osagoku711/
Osikagu711/
Asikaogu67251/
Asoghogu6745/
Öskog6720/
Åskog6713/
Esekogwu6711/
Oskok678/
Osikigwu677/
Asikoagu674/
Osuakwgu672/
Osuagoku671/
Ouaskouk671/
Oskeg670/
Asokagaud634/
Uzuokagu531/

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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 Osokogu
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