Osege Surname
Approximately 1,802 people bear this surname
Osege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,704 | 1:22,910 | 3,322 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Osege (12) may also be a first name.
Osege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osege Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osege occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Osege click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osege? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 225,517th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 4,044,143 people. Osege is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Osege live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Osege is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,704 people, or 1 in 22,910. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Amuria District, where 38 percent are found, Soroti District, where 17 percent are found and Kaberamaido District, where 13 percent are found. Not including Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 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 Osege
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