Oshela Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Oshela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 91 | 1:26,477 | 4,202 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Oshela (13) may also be a first name.
Oshela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oshela is carried by more people in Namibia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oshela is the 1,931,261st most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oshela reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 26,477. In Namibia Oshela is mostly found in: Ohangwena Region, where 99 percent live and Zambezi Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Namibia Oshela occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Sudan, where 1 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 Oshela
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