Osamaye Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Osamaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Osamaye (36) may also be a first name.
Osamaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osamaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Osamaye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osamaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,817,111th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Osamaye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 36 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 1,771,428. In Nigeria Osamaye is mostly found in: Edo, where 39 percent live, Ondo, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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 Osamaye
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