Oshama Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Oshama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oshama (220) may also be a first name.
Oshama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oshama (Hindi: ओशामा, Marathi: ओशमा) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,020,555th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Oshama are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 45 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oshama is also the 608,246th most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 220 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Oshama is primarily found in: Cross River, where 54 percent are found, Benue, where 18 percent are found and Kogi, where 18 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 30 percent are found and Indonesia, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oshama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oshama in the Marathi language | ||
| ओशमा | osama | - |
| Oshama in the Hindi language | ||
| ओशामा | osama | 83.33 |
| ोशमा | osama | 5.56 |
| ओसामा | osama | 5.56 |
| ओषमा | osama | 5.56 |
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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 Oshama
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