Oshisanya Surname

727,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 399 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oshisanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oshisanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3671:482,67824,238
England271:2,063,63279,942
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Oshisanya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oshisanya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Oshisanya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oshisanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Oshisanya is the 727,600th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. Oshisanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Oshisanya live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 367 people, or 1 in 482,678. In Nigeria Oshisanya is mostly found in: Lagos, where 56 percent are found, Ogun, where 26 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osisanya941,243/
Oshisonya892/
Osissanya892/
Oshisanja891/
Osuisanya891/
Osisanyo823/
Osesanya822/
Osisanja821/
Osisonya821/
Odsesanya783/
Ashesanya781/
Asesanya71129/
Adsesanya673/
Ahsissanea631/

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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 Oshisanya
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