Osanife Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osanife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Osanife Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Osanife Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Osanife Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Osanife is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osanife? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Osanife live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found, Delta, where 31 percent are found and Ondo, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osanuife937/
Asanife861/
Osanufe861/
Asanif771/
Osanib771/
Hassanife751/
Ehsanifey751/
Hasanif712/
Ozaniev711/
Ajanife711/
Ashanafe674/
Ehsanifi671/
Ashenife671/
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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 Osanife
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