Osanja Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Osanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Osanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Osanja occurs most in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Osanja.
How Common Is The Last Name Osanja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Osanja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Osanja reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 1,001,007. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Tororo District, where 72 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 8 percent are found and Kampala District, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Osanja
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