Osafile Surname

742,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 388 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osafile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Osafile Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3861:458,91923,339
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Osafile Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Osafile Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Osafile is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Osafile.

How Common Is The Last Name Osafile? popularity and diffusion

Osafile is the 742,570th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,782,335 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Osafile live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 386 people, or 1 in 458,919. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Edo, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 0 percent reside and Liberia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osafiele9340/
Osafele86132/
Osafule8616/
Osafili863/
Osefile861/
Osafeli711/
Osephile6744/
Adjafile6710/
Azafilee671/
Ashafalee631/
Eshofoile631/
Özseyfiler5917/
Ozofili576/
Azefule571/
Ozhefyle531/
Eziefile531/
Ezeafule531/
Assofoule501/
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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 Osafile
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