Oshir Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Oshir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Oshir (20) may also be a first name.
Oshir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oshir is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oshir is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Oshir live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oshir is also the 2,446,817th most numerous forename at a global level. It is borne by 20 people.
The surname Oshir is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Oshir is most numerous in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 14 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 Oshir
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