Osama Forename
1,090th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 852,311 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Libya
Osama Forename User-submission:
Osama or Osamah is an Arabic name, which means 'lion' in the Arabic language.
Osama Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 357,379 | 1:257 | 35 |
| Sudan | 100% | 201,882 | 1:187 | 17 |
| Libya | - | 85,932 | 1:72 | 9 |
| Iraq | 100% | 46,659 | 1:751 | 183 |
| Jordan | 100% | 32,493 | 1:272 | 35 |
| Syria | - | 27,117 | 1:712 | 131 |
| Yemen | - | 18,113 | 1:1,452 | 230 |
| Palestine | 100% | 15,312 | 1:297 | 53 |
| Bahrain | - | 11,720 | 1:115 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 7,729 | 1:25,147 | 1,852 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 6,819 | 1:4,519 | 715 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6,630 | 1:1,079 | 108 |
| Lebanon | 92% | 6,613 | 1:851 | 179 |
| Bangladesh | 50% | 3,024 | 1:52,732 | 4,462 |
| Israel | 99% | 2,817 | 1:2,983 | 571 |
| United States | 100% | 2,749 | 1:131,880 | 5,393 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 2,595 | 1:68,426 | 4,458 |
| Kenya | - | 2,507 | 1:18,471 | 1,871 |
| Oman | 100% | 1,718 | 1:2,392 | 347 |
| India | 80% | 1,656 | 1:733,622 | 52,768 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,228 | 1:27,971 | 1,510 |
| Canada | 100% | 834 | 1:39,728 | 2,847 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 800 | 1:65,985 | 4,379 |
| Iran | 100% | 788 | 1:99,615 | 2,555 |
| Spain | 100% | 745 | 1:62,456 | 2,266 |
| Afghanistan | 87% | 734 | 1:44,446 | 2,291 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 719 | 1:102,681 | 5,450 |
| England | 100% | 546 | 1:101,837 | 3,861 |
| Sweden | 99% | 471 | 1:20,930 | 1,449 |
| Somalia | - | 359 | 1:37,677 | 2,151 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 358 | 1:58,098 | 5,853 |
| Germany | 100% | 249 | 1:388,265 | 4,560 |
| Kuwait | - | 228 | 1:16,602 | 1,838 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 220 | 1:3,077 | 512 |
| Algeria | 100% | 215 | 1:177,566 | 3,033 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 209 | 1:16,755 | 841 |
| Thailand | 100% | 208 | 1:336,855 | 18,234 |
| Australia | - | 174 | 1:78,492 | 3,149 |
| Philippines | 99% | 141 | 1:751,840 | 22,295 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 135 | 1:225,555 | 12,587 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 95 | 1:177,917 | 7,067 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Uganda | 100% | 86 | 1:476,243 | 11,274 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Russia | 100% | 81 | 1:1,780,663 | 12,500 |
| Brazil | 100% | 75 | 1:2,856,482 | 53,638 |
| Denmark | - | 70 | 1:80,707 | 2,538 |
| Italy | 98% | 64 | 1:954,095 | 8,381 |
| Ireland | 100% | 59 | 1:78,704 | 2,161 |
| Austria | 100% | 59 | 1:144,308 | 2,550 |
| France | 100% | 54 | 1:1,230,932 | 8,854 |
| Greece | 100% | 50 | 1:218,691 | 4,292 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Japan | - | 36 | 1:3,555,168 | 24,492 |
| Norway | 100% | 33 | 1:155,525 | 4,252 |
| China | - | 31 | 1:44,066,316 | 61,924 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 30 | 1:1,516,664 | 4,310 |
| Belgium | 100% | 29 | 1:396,208 | 7,054 |
| Scotland | 96% | 29 | 1:184,495 | 3,374 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 28 | 1:1,078,639 | 22,683 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 25 | 1:326,093 | 26,118 |
| Qatar | 100% | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18 | 1:3,029,592 | 77,569 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Hungary | 100% | 15 | 1:652,785 | 2,218 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 14 | 1:586,678 | 8,730 |
| Wales | 100% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Ecuador | - | 11 | 1:1,611,538 | 10,117 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 11 | 1:23,451,243 | 565,442 |
| Czechia | 100% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| Finland | 54% | 10 | 1:548,318 | 6,147 |
| Poland | 83% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Bulgaria | - | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Iceland | - | 5 | 1:73,203 | 3,413 |
| Nicaragua | - | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Romania | 100% | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 4 | 1:5,768,983 | 76,946 |
| Singapore | 100% | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Cameroon | - | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Osáma (1) & Osàmà (1) are calculated separately.
Osama (223,829) may also be a surname.
Osama Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Osama or Osamah is an Arabic name, which means 'lion' in the Arabic language.
- osamahalsaadiOsama is a male given name of Arabic origin, which means 'lion'.
- Forebears.io Manual SubmissionsOsama Forename Popularity
Osama Demographics
Average Male Osama Height
174.65 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 190 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Osama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Osama in the Russian language | ||
| Осама | osama | - |
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