Oshai Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Oshai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 245 | 1:723,032 | 33,123 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oshai (16) may also be a first name.
Oshai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oshai is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,001,271st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oshai are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name on earth It is held by 16 people.
The surname Oshai is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 723,032. In Nigeria Oshai is most numerous in: Lagos, where 35 percent are found, Delta, where 35 percent are found and Edo, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, 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 Oshai
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