Osaia Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Osaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Osaia (31) may also be a first name.
Osaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osaia is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osaia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Osaia occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Osaia are found; 85 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 85 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Osaia is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name globally, held by 31 people.
The surname Osaia is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea Osaia is most frequent in: Gulf, where 65 percent live, Madang, where 24 percent live and Bougainville, where 6 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 percent live and Iran, where 5 percent live.
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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 Osaia
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