Osekere Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Osekere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Osekere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osekere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osekere is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osekere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,555,468th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Osekere reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 45 percent are found, Delta, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Osekere exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oshekere | 93 | 11 | / |
| Osekereh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Hosekere | 93 | 1 | / |
| Osekre | 92 | 2,050 | / |
| Asekere | 86 | 430 | / |
| Ojekere | 86 | 181 | / |
| Osekreh | 86 | 7 | / |
| Osakere | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ozseker | 86 | 5 | / |
| Goseker | 86 | 0 | / |
| Hosakere | 80 | 70 | / |
| Ojeakere | 80 | 9 | / |
| Esiekere | 80 | 5 | / |
| Assekere | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ashekere | 80 | 3 | / |
| Asoekere | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oshikere | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hosekeri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Houseker | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ojekhere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Osechere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hosekeer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hosseker | 80 | 0 | / |
| Asekre | 77 | 4 | / |
| Aseker | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ojeker | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ozeker | 77 | 2 | / |
| Osiker | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oschecker | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hossecker | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oussikere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hoosecker | 75 | 0 | / |
| Asokere | 71 | 936 | / |
| Ezikere | 71 | 80 | / |
| Haseker | 71 | 77 | / |
| Gosiker | 71 | 37 | / |
| Osikore | 71 | 33 | / |
| Oshiker | 71 | 22 | / |
| Asakere | 71 | 19 | / |
| Asseker | 71 | 18 | / |
| Auseker | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ozekker | 71 | 3 | / |
| Esekeri | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gozeker | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ezekere | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ojikere | 71 | 2 | / |
| Osikera | 71 | 2 | / |
| Esikere | 71 | 2 | / |
| Asekeur | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asekera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Azokere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ezakere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ocesker | 71 | 1 | / |
| Osakeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asekare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asakereh | 67 | 20,971 | / |
| Hosakeri | 67 | 1,459 | / |
| Oshokare | 67 | 45 | / |
| Hocheker | 67 | 44 | / |
| Eshekore | 67 | 30 | / |
| Hasecker | 67 | 22 | / |
| Asakerei | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hasseker | 67 | 7 | / |
| Osakareh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Esakereh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ojeikeri | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uisikere | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oceckert | 67 | 3 | / |
| Osakhare | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ojaikere | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hauseker | 67 | 2 | / |
| Osokhare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asoykere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hasşeker | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eziekere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Assieker | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hosakore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Assekeri | 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 Osekere
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