Opesan Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Opesan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 277 | 1:639,505 | 30,121 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Opesan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opesan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opesan occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Opesan.
How Common Is The Last Name Opesan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 872,430th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The last name Opesan is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Opesan live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Opesan is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 639,505. In Nigeria Opesan is primarily concentrated in: Osun, where 42 percent live, Lagos, where 28 percent live and Oyo, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and The Gambia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opaesan | 92 | 43 | / |
| Opeesan | 92 | 2 | / |
| Opesen | 83 | 412 | / |
| Opisan | 83 | 145 | / |
| Oposan | 83 | 24 | / |
| Apesan | 83 | 7 | / |
| Opasan | 83 | 3 | / |
| Opesam | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ophetsane | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hopeson | 77 | 891 | / |
| Opasain | 77 | 2 | / |
| Apessan | 77 | 2 | / |
| Opaisan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Apesian | 77 | 1 | / |
| Apesaan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Opeesen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Appesan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Opisang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Apiesan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oupasan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hopasan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hopesen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Opeichan | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ouppasan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gopisanh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Opechank | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gopisaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Apezan | 67 | 657 | / |
| Apasan | 67 | 507 | / |
| Apesam | 67 | 452 | / |
| Apisan | 67 | 124 | / |
| Aposan | 67 | 17 | / |
| Hophaisan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Epesen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Episan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Epasan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hoypaisan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Opasen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Epezan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Opejon | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Opesan
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