Oresegun Surname

685,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 433 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oresegun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oresegun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4071:435,24022,419
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oreshegun945/
Ore Segun943/
Orisegun8841/
Oresegum884/
Oersegun881/
Oresegwn881/
Aresegun881/
Orijegun7524/
Arosegun751/
Aresigun751/
Orisaguna714/
Areshigun713/
Orscun711/
Orescan6749/
Orisagunna6746/
Areshingun6721/
Eresken6717/
Ersagun6712/
Ersegün6710/
Orsakun674/
Oreskin674/
Aresgan672/
Arowosegun672/
Orsagan671/

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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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