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 is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshineye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 363,955th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,346,316 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oshineye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 18 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 965 people, or 1 in 183,568. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 54 percent live, Ogun, where 24 percent live and Oyo, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Oshineye
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