Omasheye Surname
Approximately 772 people bear this surname
Omasheye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 771 | 1:229,757 | 13,446 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omasheye (25) may also be a first name.
Omasheye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omasheye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omasheye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Omasheye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 442,751st most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,439,826 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omasheye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 25 people.
The last name Omasheye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 771 people, or 1 in 229,757. In Nigeria Omasheye is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 88 percent reside, Lagos, where 7 percent reside and Edo, where 4 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Omasheye
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