Oshala Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Oshala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Oshala (22) may also be a first name.
Oshala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oshala is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Oshala.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oshala is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Oshala occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oshala reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent given name globally, borne by 22 people.
The surname Oshala is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Oshala is primarily found in: Kogi, where 91 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Nasarawa, where 5 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 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 Oshala
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