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 Ocean Salary in
England
£28,325
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Ocean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ocean is more commonly found in Haiti than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Océan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocean? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ocean is the 86,543rd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,309,532 people. The last name Ocean occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Ocean live; 86 percent live in Caribbean and 86 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 80,377th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 6,630 people.
This last name is most numerous in Haiti, where it is borne by 4,782 people, or 1 in 2,234. In Haiti it is primarily found in: Centre, where 28 percent live, Artibonite, where 27 percent live and Nord, where 23 percent live. Barring Haiti it exists in 27 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Ocean Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ocean has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Ocean last name rose 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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