Osige Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Osige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Osige (12) may also be a first name.
Osige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osige Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osige is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osige? popularity and diffusion
The surname Osige is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Osige occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Osige are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The last name Osige is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 1,626,637. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Mayuge District, where 29 percent are found, Bugiri District, where 25 percent are found and Kayunga District, where 8 percent are found. Other than Uganda this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 13 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 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 Osige
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