Osatohanmwen Surname

293,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osatohanmwen Surname User-submission:

Osatohanmwen is a Benin surname, which is borne by the Benins of Edo origin. It means 'the almighty God has had mercy on me'. God has forgiven that person his or her sins, inequities and transgressions. Without mercy from God, nobody can stand before him because his eyes cannot behold anything or anybody that is pure or holy.

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Osatohanmwen 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
Nigeria1,3021:136,0548,781
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Osatohanmwen (2,252) may also be a first name.

Osatohanmwen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Osatohanmwen is a Benin surname, which is borne by the Benins of Edo origin. It means 'the almighty God has had mercy on me'. God has forgiven that person his or her sins, inequities and transgressions. Without mercy from God, nobody can stand before him because his eyes cannot behold anything or anybody that is pure or holy. It can also be borne as forename.

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Osatohanmwen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osatohanmwen is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Osatohanmwen? popularity and diffusion

Osatohanmwen is the 293,013th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,588,609 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Osatohanmwen are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osatohanmwen is also the 157,396th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,252 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,302 people, or 1 in 136,054. In Nigeria Osatohanmwen is most common in: Edo, where 92 percent live, Delta, where 2 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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