Osaf Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Osaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 116 | 1:1,540,033 | 16,555 |
| India | 46 | 1:16,675,334 | 263,471 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Osaf (827) may also be a first name.
Osaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osaf (Arabic: أصاف, Hindi: ओसाफ) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Osaf? popularity and diffusion
The surname Osaf is the 1,343,156th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Osaf live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 284,025th most numerous first name on earth, held by 827 people.
The surname Osaf is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 1,540,033. In Pakistan Osaf is most numerous in: Sindh, where 65 percent are found, Punjab, where 23 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent are found. Barring Pakistan it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent are found and Georgia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Osaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Osaf in the Hindi language | ||
| ओसाफ | osapha | 84.85 |
| औसाफ | ausapha | 7.2 |
| ओसफ | osapha | 5.3 |
| ओसाफ़ | osafa | 2.65 |
| Osaf in the Arabic language | ||
| أصاف | asaf | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Osaf
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