Osayawe Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Osayawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 332 | 1:533,563 | 26,209 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Osayawe (199) may also be a first name.
Osayawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osayawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osayawe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osayawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 806,178th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,001,573 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Osayawe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osayawe is also the 642,605th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 199 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 332 people, or 1 in 533,563. In Nigeria Osayawe is most frequent in: Edo, where 92 percent reside, Lagos, where 3 percent reside and Ondo, where 3 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osayaw | 92 | 2 | / |
| Osayewe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Osawe | 83 | 6,513 | / |
| Osaiwe | 77 | 15 | / |
| Oisawe | 77 | 14 | / |
| Asaawe | 77 | 11 | / |
| Osawei | 77 | 4 | / |
| Osawea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hosawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osauwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osawee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osayuwa | 71 | 281 | / |
| Oosahwe | 71 | 38 | / |
| Asoyawe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Oshawee | 71 | 6 | / |
| Osawewa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Osawewe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Osoyawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Osajewe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Osajiwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Osaweye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Osayewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ossahwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Osayebe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asawe | 67 | 196 | / |
| Azawe | 67 | 107 | / |
| Osave | 67 | 42 | / |
| Usawe | 67 | 33 | / |
| Oosahwee | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ozawe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Housawee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asayweet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osoyw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Assaywed | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Osayawe
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