Osagwere Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Scotland

Osagwere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osagwere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Osagwere Last Name Facts

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

Osagwere is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osagwere? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Osagwere reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Osagwere is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 67 percent are found, Osun, where 22 percent are found and Ogun, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osagbere8813/
Asagwere881/
Asagwire751/
Oshogbere715/
Ozokwere63349/
Uzokwere638/
Azaguere631/
Asegwire631/
Ojaghwiri5922/
Asaguirre592/
Azagber531/
Haïçaguerre531/
Ezekwere50488/
Assaguir5011/
Ozokwera503/
Asaguiri501/
Ozokware501/
Azaguire501/

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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 Osagwere
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