Osikoya Surname

213,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,932 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osikoya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osikoya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,7551:100,9366,861
England761:733,13240,828
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Osikoya (25) may also be a first name.

Osikoya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Osikoya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Osikoya is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Osikoya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 213,109th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,772,022 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Osikoya live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 25 people.

The surname Osikoya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,755 people, or 1 in 100,936. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 35 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Osikoya is found in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Osikoya Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Osikoya earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.56% less than the national average, earning R 100,860 per year; in United States they earn 0.1% more than the national average, earning $43,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.6% less than the national average, earning $25,536 CAD 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 Osikoya
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