Oshaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Oshaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Oshaya (12) may also be a first name.
Oshaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oshaya is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Oshaya reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Oshaya is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring forename on earth, borne by 12 people.
Oshaya is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 9,759,820. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Masindi District, where 50 percent live, Kibaale District, where 25 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 25 percent live. Excluding Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 38 percent live and Israel, where 13 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 Oshaya
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