Oshua Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Oshua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 280 | 1:632,653 | 29,888 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Oshua (396) may also be a first name.
Oshua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oshua is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Oshua.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 933,049th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The last name Oshua occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oshua reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 434,130th most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 396 people.
The surname Oshua is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 632,653. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Niger, where 14 percent live, Bayelsa, where 14 percent live and Nasarawa, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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 Oshua
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