Omosanya Surname

154,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,831 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omosanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omosanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,7641:64,0894,710
England341:1,638,76668,634
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Omosanya (260) may also be a first name.

Omosanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Omosanya is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Omosanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 154,965th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,574,195 people. The last name Omosanya is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Omosanya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omosanya is also the 552,051st most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 260 people.

The surname Omosanya is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,764 people, or 1 in 64,089. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 44 percent are found, Ogun, where 29 percent are found and Oyo, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Omosanya Last Name Statistics demography

Omosanya earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.86% less than the national average, earning $34,146 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omosaunya942/
Omoosanya941/
Omoisanya941/
Omosanyat941/
Omosonya8811/
Omasanya889/
Omosanyo883/
Omusanya881/
Oumasanya821/
Omosanjo7579/
Amasianya7126/
Omosonjo632/
Humasanea597/

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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 Omosanya
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