Awoseyin Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awoseyin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awoseyin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2141:827,77036,611
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Awoseyin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awoseyin is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awoseyin? popularity and diffusion

Awoseyin is the 1,121,821st most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awoseyin are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 827,770. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kwara, where 30 percent are found, Ekiti, where 27 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awosheyin942/
Awosein931/
Awoseyan882/
Owoseyin881/
Awoseyim881/
Avoseyin881/
Owosein8012/
Awoseun808/
Abosein806/
Awosiyan75568/
Awosayan754/
Abossein753/
Awotuyin752/
Awosiyen751/
Awoshiyan7143/
Awosioyan711/
Awouian6712/
Owoeyan677/
Aboeian676/
Abouhssein675/
Abozein675/
Owoeyen672/
Awaseen671/
Owoseun671/
Awouyan671/

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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 Awoseyin
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