Osama Surname
Approximately 223,829 people bear this surname
Osama Surname User-submission:
The name Osama is a boy name. The name Osama comes from the Arabic language. In Arabic the meaning of the name Osama is: Lion.
Osama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 184,083 | 1:499 | 61 |
| Sudan | 13,720 | 1:2,734 | 389 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10,375 | 1:2,974 | 383 |
| Libya | 5,109 | 1:1,222 | 327 |
| Nigeria | 2,343 | 1:75,605 | 5,422 |
| Syria | 1,594 | 1:12,109 | 1,019 |
| Pakistan | 1,143 | 1:156,294 | 4,183 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| India | 783 | 1:979,649 | 41,630 |
| Iraq | 734 | 1:47,713 | 1,935 |
| Kenya | 644 | 1:71,708 | 6,766 |
| Philippines | 347 | 1:291,753 | 41,795 |
| United Arab Emirates | 292 | 1:31,378 | 3,402 |
| Vietnam | 281 | 1:329,701 | 1,201 |
| Kuwait | 280 | 1:13,574 | 1,857 |
| Uganda | 272 | 1:143,527 | 12,879 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| United States | 79 | 1:4,588,088 | 240,017 |
| Qatar | 78 | 1:30,231 | 3,215 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Iran | 46 | 1:1,669,185 | 63,826 |
| Afghanistan | 44 | 1:730,754 | 7,928 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Oman | 18 | 1:204,887 | 3,723 |
| Ukraine | 16 | 1:2,845,168 | 170,459 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Osama (852,311) may also be a first name.
Osama Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Osama is a boy name. The name Osama comes from the Arabic language. In Arabic the meaning of the name Osama is: Lion.
- David Ortiz De La TorreOsama Demographics
Osama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Osama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osama (Arabic: أوساما, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺳﺎﻣﻪ, Hindi: ओसामा, Marathi: ओसामा, Oriya: ଓସାମା, Russian: Осама) is most common in Egypt. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,466th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,559 people. The last name Osama is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Osama live; 91 percent live in North Africa and 91 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Osama is also the 1,090th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 852,311 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 184,083 people, or 1 in 499. Apart from Egypt this last name is found in 79 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 6 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent reside.
Osama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (59%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Osama surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Osama earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 13.24% more than the national average, earning $25,709,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.1% more than the national average, earning $47,076 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.22% less than the national average, earning $33,180 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Osama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Osama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺳﺎﻣﻪ | asamh | - |
| Osama in the Hindi language | ||
| ओसामा | osama | 95.82 |
| ओसमा | osama | 1.57 |
| औसामा | ausama | 1.31 |
| उसामा | usama | 0.78 |
| आसमा | asama | 0.13 |
| ओशामा | osama | 0.13 |
| Osama in the Marathi language | ||
| ओसामा | osama | 73.81 |
| ऑसमा | osama | 19.05 |
| उसामा | usama | 5.95 |
| Osama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓସାମା | osama | 50 |
| ଓସମା | osama | 50 |
| Osama in the Russian language | ||
| Осама | osama | - |
| Osama in the Arabic language | ||
| أوساما | awsama | - |
| باسامه | basamh | - |
| إسامه | asamh | - |
| أُسامه | ausamh | - |
| آسامه | asamh | - |
| إسامة | asamt | - |
| أسامة | asamt | - |
| أسامه | asamh | - |
| اسامة | asamt | - |
| اسامه | asamh | - |
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