Oshemi Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Oshemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 199 | 1:890,165 | 38,757 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Oshemi (13) may also be a first name.
Oshemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oshemi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Oshemi.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshemi? popularity and diffusion
Oshemi is the 1,185,157th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oshemi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
Oshemi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 890,165. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 53 percent reside, Delta, where 16 percent reside and Edo, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Oshemi exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Oshemi
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