Omosheye Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omosheye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omosheye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
England81:6,964,757184,742

Omosheye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Omosheye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Omosheye.

How Common Is The Last Name Omosheye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,909,720th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Omosheye live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Omosheye is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Omosheye is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Ondo, where 16 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Omosheye
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