Osevwe Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osevwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osevwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1921:922,61939,799
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Osevwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osevwe is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Osevwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osevwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,210,518th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Osevwe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 192 people, or 1 in 922,619. In Nigeria Osevwe is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 69 percent live, Osun, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria Osevwe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oshevwe921/
Osivwe8310/
Osebwe831/
Oseivwher801/
Oseibwe771/
Ohjevwe771/
Odjevwe771/
Oshefwe771/
Osivwi672/
Osebbe671/
Asebwe671/
Ojevue671/
Adjevwe62115/
Asiebwe621/
Adjhevwe571/
Osivui5014/
Osivue509/
Asefue504/
Asibwe502/
Ozibwe501/

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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 Osevwe
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