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 borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 235,556th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 4,266,713 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,653 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,109 people, or 1 in 47,738. In Tanzania Osiah is mostly found in: Mbeya Region, where 75 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent are found and Rukwa Region, where 9 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 32 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Osiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Osiah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 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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