Oshineye Surname
Approximately 992 people bear this surname
Oshineye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 965 | 1:183,568 | 11,205 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Oshineye (18) may also be a first name.
Oshineye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshineye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oshineye occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshineye? popularity and diffusion
Oshineye is the 363,955th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,346,316 people. The surname Oshineye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oshineye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 18 people.
The surname Oshineye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 965 people, or 1 in 183,568. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 54 percent are found, Ogun, where 24 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Oshineye
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