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 occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Osaia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most numerous last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 85 percent of Osaia live; 85 percent live in Oceania Islands and 85 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Gulf, where 65 percent live, Madang, where 24 percent live and Bougainville, where 6 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists 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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