Oshaba Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Oshaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 403 | 1:439,560 | 22,574 |
| Uganda | 256 | 1:152,497 | 13,471 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Oshaba (28) may also be a first name.
Oshaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oshaba is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshaba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 498,439th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,025,032 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oshaba are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 403 people, or 1 in 439,560. In Nigeria Oshaba is primarily found in: Enugu, where 42 percent live, Kogi, where 15 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 39 percent live and Egypt, where 0 percent live.
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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 Oshaba
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