Osawe Surname
Approximately 6,513 people bear this surname
Osawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,196 | 1:28,590 | 2,426 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| England | 70 | 1:795,972 | 43,050 |
| Spain | 48 | 1:974,001 | 36,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Osawe (377) may also be a first name.
Osawe Demographics
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Osawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osawe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Osawe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Osawe is the 75,362nd most widespread surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,118,923 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Osawe live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 446,783rd most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 377 people.
The surname Osawe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,196 people, or 1 in 28,590. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Edo, where 80 percent are found, Lagos, where 6 percent are found and Delta, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Osawe occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Osawe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Osawe surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Osawe earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.35% less than the national average, earning $38,681 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.25% less than the national average, earning $43,102 CAD per year.
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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 Osawe
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