Osaye Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Osaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 442 | 1:400,775 | 21,048 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Osaye (59) may also be a first name.
Osaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osaye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Osaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Osaye is the 651,048th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Osaye are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name globally It is held by 59 people.
Osaye is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 442 people, or 1 in 400,775. In Nigeria Osaye is most common in: Delta, where 30 percent reside, Edo, where 15 percent reside and Ogun, where 15 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Osaye
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