Ooshuizen Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ooshuizen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ooshuizen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Ooshuizen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ooshuizen is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ooshuizen? popularity and diffusion

Ooshuizen is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ooshuizen reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 40 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and Free State, where 10 percent reside. Besides South Africa Ooshuizen occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ooshhuizen951/
Oothuizen893/
Ochuizen8240/
Houthuizen7489/
Oishigen7127/
Houthuijzen70264/
Yoshizane6775/
Osusen6723/
Houthhuijzen671/
Osugin671/
Oshasuyin671/
Yoshizone671/
Ishzen671/
Yoshizani671/
Ioshizane671/

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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 Ooshuizen
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