Osaji Surname
Approximately 2,395 people bear this surname
Osaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,163 | 1:81,897 | 5,792 |
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Osaji (146) may also be a first name.
Osaji Demographics
Osaji Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Osaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osaji (Marathi: ओसाजी) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osaji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 178,364th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,042,817 people. The surname Osaji is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Osaji live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osaji is also the 763,528th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 146 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,163 people, or 1 in 81,897. In Nigeria Osaji is most common in: Delta, where 33 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Cross River, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Osaji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Osaji last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Osaji earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.38% more than the national average, earning $48,060 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Osaji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Osaji in the Marathi language | ||
| ओसाजी | osaji | - |
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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 Osaji
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