Ogunsanya Surname

36,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ogunsanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ogunsanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria13,6861:12,9431,307
England3051:182,68216,414
United States2521:1,438,32998,774
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Iceland61:63,3484,218
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

Ogunsanya (298) may also be a first name.

Ogunsanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ogunsanya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ogunsanya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ogunsanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 36,745th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 507,737 people. Ogunsanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ogunsanya are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 510,666th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 298 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 13,686 people, or 1 in 12,943. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 37 percent are found, Ogun, where 33 percent are found and Oyo, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Ogunsanya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ogunsanya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ogunsanya earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.52% more than the national average, earning $48,550 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.8% more than the national average, earning $52,564 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 Ogunsanya
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