Oshaka Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Oshaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 179 | 1:989,624 | 41,927 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Oshaka (120) may also be a first name.
Oshaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oshaka (Hindi: ओशाका, Marathi: ओषाका, Oriya: ଓଷକା) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Oshaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshaka? popularity and diffusion
Oshaka is the 1,239,697th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oshaka reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oshaka is also the 852,104th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 120 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 989,624. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 87 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Nasarawa, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oshaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oshaka in the Hindi language | ||
| ओशाका | osaka | - |
| Oshaka in the Marathi language | ||
| ओषाका | osaka | - |
| Oshaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଷକା | osaka | 83.58 |
| ଓଶକା | osaka | 10.45 |
| ଓଷକାାଇଁ | osakaa'im | 4.48 |
| ରହମନ | rahamana | 1.49 |
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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 Oshaka
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