Oshome Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Oshome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 83 | 1:556,384 | 26,876 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Oshome Demographics
Oshome Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oshome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oshome is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshome? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,047,559th most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oshome reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Oshome is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 556,384. In Kenya Oshome is primarily found in: Busia County, where 87 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 11 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Kenya it is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Oshome Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oshome
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