Osa Surname
Approximately 16,334 people bear this surname
Osa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea | 5,416 | 1:210 | 52 |
| Nigeria | 1,822 | 1:97,224 | 6,648 |
| Spain | 1,713 | 1:27,292 | 2,824 |
| Egypt | 1,129 | 1:81,431 | 7,252 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| India | 612 | 1:1,253,375 | 49,739 |
| Philippines | 553 | 1:183,071 | 29,388 |
| Cuba | 361 | 1:31,919 | 1,600 |
| United States | 355 | 1:1,021,011 | 75,157 |
| Samoa | 325 | 1:596 | 179 |
| Colombia | 313 | 1:152,633 | 4,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 297 | 1:27,454 | 3,094 |
| Indonesia | 289 | 1:457,610 | 37,931 |
| Japan | 202 | 1:632,893 | 16,232 |
| Bolivia | 185 | 1:57,386 | 2,897 |
| Norway | 174 | 1:29,553 | 4,083 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Latvia | 140 | 1:14,643 | 2,174 |
| Argentina | 128 | 1:333,933 | 26,358 |
| Thailand | 116 | 1:608,951 | 103,575 |
| Kosovo | 102 | 1:18,254 | 2,243 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| Israel | 87 | 1:98,364 | 11,357 |
| Estonia | 73 | 1:18,107 | 3,073 |
| Ukraine | 72 | 1:632,260 | 68,217 |
| Russia | 68 | 1:2,119,457 | 129,651 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Poland | 26 | 1:1,461,875 | 85,446 |
| Mexico | 23 | 1:5,396,792 | 30,197 |
| Finland | 18 | 1:305,372 | 22,464 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Nicaragua | 15 | 1:401,406 | 3,386 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Slovakia | 14 | 1:381,175 | 50,143 |
| Taiwan | 13 | 1:1,803,442 | 11,840 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| American Samoa | 11 | 1:5,069 | 1,123 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Osá (2), Ósa (1), Oša (1), Ösa (1) & Ósá (22) are calculated separately.
Osa (8,664) may also be a first name.
Osa Demographics
Average Osa Salary in
United States
$46,506 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Osa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osa (Hindi: ओसा, Marathi: ओसा, Oriya: ଓଷା, Russian: Оса, Tibetan: ཨོ་ས་) has its highest incidence in Equatorial Guinea. It may also be found as: Osá, Ósa, Oša, Ösa or Ósá. Click here to see other potential spellings of Osa.
How Common Is The Last Name Osa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 32,577th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 446,158 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Osa are found; 34 percent are found in Central Africa and 34 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 67,416th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 8,664 people.
The surname is most widely held in Equatorial Guinea, where it is carried by 5,416 people, or 1 in 210. Aside from Equatorial Guinea this last name occurs in 94 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and Spain, where 10 percent reside.
Osa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Osa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Osa last name rose 2,088 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Osa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Osa surname is principally Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Christian (95%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Osa surname are 30.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 83.78% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Osa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.01% less than the national average, earning 328,727 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 31.62% more than the national average, earning $29,881,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.78% more than the national average, earning $46,506 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.27% less than the national average, earning $38,120 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Osa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Osa in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨོ་ས་ | osa | - |
| Osa in the Marathi language | ||
| ओसा | osa | - |
| Osa in the Hindi language | ||
| ओसा | osa | 94.29 |
| ओस | osa | 2.86 |
| ऊषा | usa | 2.86 |
| Osa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଷା | osa | 89.97 |
| ଓସା | osa | 6.09 |
| ଓଶା | osa | 2.01 |
| Osa in the Russian language | ||
| Оса | osa | - |
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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 Osa
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