Osala Surname
Approximately 714 people bear this surname
Osala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 273 | 1:169,157 | 12,975 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Finland | 65 | 1:84,565 | 9,027 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Òsàlá (1) are calculated separately.
Osala (113) may also be a first name.
Osala Demographics
Osala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Osala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osala (Arabic: أسالا, Hindi: ओसाला, Marathi: ओसला, Oriya: ଓସାଲା, Russian: Осала) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Òsàlá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Osala is the 470,273rd most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 10,206,647 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Osala are found; 42 percent are found in East Africa and 38 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 881,625th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 113 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 169,157. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Vihiga County, where 35 percent are found, Siaya County, where 28 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 23 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
Osala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Osala earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 3.88% more than the national average, earning $51,610 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Osala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Osala in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓସାଲା | osala | - |
| Osala in the Marathi language | ||
| ओसला | osala | 66.67 |
| ऑसला | osala | 33.33 |
| Osala in the Hindi language | ||
| ओसाला | osala | 40 |
| ओसला | osala | 40 |
| ओसल | osala | 20 |
| Osala in the Russian language | ||
| Осала | osala | - |
| Osala in the Arabic language | ||
| أسالا | asala | - |
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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 Osala
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