Omosi Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Omosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Omosi (141) may also be a first name.
Omosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omosi occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omosi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,776,799th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Omosi live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 778,371st most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 141 people.
The last name Omosi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 45 percent are found, Edo, where 29 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 16 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and Israel, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Omosi
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