Osahenye Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osahenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osahenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Osahenye Last Name Facts

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

Osahenye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Osahenye.

How Common Is The Last Name Osahenye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Osahenye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Osahenye is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Osahenye is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 63 percent are found, Oyo, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Osahenye
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