Oresegun Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Oresegun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 407 | 1:435,240 | 22,419 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Oresegun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oresegun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oresegun is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oresegun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 685,266th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oresegun live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 407 people, or 1 in 435,240. In Nigeria Oresegun is most numerous in: Lagos, where 51 percent reside, Ogun, where 27 percent reside and Plateau, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oreshegun | 94 | 5 | / |
| Ore Segun | 94 | 3 | / |
| Orisegun | 88 | 41 | / |
| Oresegum | 88 | 4 | / |
| Oersegun | 88 | 1 | / |
| Oresegwn | 88 | 1 | / |
| Aresegun | 88 | 1 | / |
| Orijegun | 75 | 24 | / |
| Arosegun | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aresigun | 75 | 1 | / |
| Orisaguna | 71 | 4 | / |
| Areshigun | 71 | 3 | / |
| Orscun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orescan | 67 | 49 | / |
| Orisagunna | 67 | 46 | / |
| Areshingun | 67 | 21 | / |
| Eresken | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ersagun | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ersegün | 67 | 10 | / |
| Orsakun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oreskin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aresgan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arowosegun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orsagan | 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 Oresegun
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