Osifa Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Osifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Osifa (31) may also be a first name.
Osifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osifa is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osifa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Osifa reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osifa is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 31 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 92 percent are found, Edo, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Osifa occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 29 percent are found and Slovakia, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Osifa
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