Osiah Surname
Approximately 1,708 people bear this surname
Osiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,109 | 1:47,738 | 5,356 |
| Nigeria | 553 | 1:320,330 | 17,617 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Osiah (1,653) may also be a first name.
Osiah Demographics
Average Osiah Salary in
United States
$44,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Osiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osiah is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 235,556th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,266,713 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Osiah live; 65 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 189,475th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 1,653 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,109 people, or 1 in 47,738. In Tanzania Osiah is primarily found in: Mbeya Region, where 75 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent live and Rukwa Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Tanzania it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 32 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Osiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Osiah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Osiah surname expanded 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Osiah Last Name Statistics demography
Osiah earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $44,917 USD per year.
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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 Osiah
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