Osekene Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osekene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osekene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2341:757,02034,256
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Osekene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osekene is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osekene? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,058,336th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. Osekene is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Osekene reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 234 people, or 1 in 757,020. In Nigeria Osekene is most prevalent in: Delta, where 84 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found and Edo, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and Spain, where 0 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
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  • 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 Osekene
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