Oshiga Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Oshiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 210 | 1:843,537 | 37,160 |
| Japan | 22 | 1:5,811,104 | 40,882 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oshiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oshiga is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 998,609th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Oshiga are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 843,537. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 60 percent live, Rivers, where 17 percent live and Ogun, where 15 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 9 percent live and England, where 6 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
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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 Oshiga
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