Ocean Surname
Approximately 5,565 people bear this surname
Ocean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 4,782 | 1:2,234 | 328 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| Philippines | 19 | 1:5,328,328 | 173,877 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 1:1,357,262 | 74,323 |
The alternate forms: Océan (4) are calculated separately.
Ocean (6,630) may also be a first name.
Ocean Demographics
Average Male Ocean Height
175.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ocean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocean Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ocean is carried by more people in Haiti than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Océan. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocean? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ocean is the 86,543rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,309,532 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Ocean are found; 86 percent are found in Caribbean and 86 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Ocean is also the 80,377th most common forename worldwide, held by 6,630 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Haiti, where it is borne by 4,782 people, or 1 in 2,234. In Haiti it is mostly concentrated in: Centre, where 28 percent reside, Artibonite, where 27 percent reside and Nord, where 23 percent reside. Not including Haiti this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Ocean Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ocean has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Ocean last name expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ocean Last Name Statistics demography
Ocean earn a lot more than the average income. In Canada they earn 38.36% more than the national average, earning $68,740 CAD per year.
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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 Ocean
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