Osilama Surname
Approximately 365 people bear this surname
Osilama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 352 | 1:503,246 | 25,072 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Osilama (294) may also be a first name.
Osilama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osilama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Osilama is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Osilama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 777,192nd most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. Osilama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Osilama live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osilama is also the 514,566th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 294 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 352 people, or 1 in 503,246. In Nigeria Osilama is most frequent in: Edo, where 31 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Kano, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osilamah | 93 | 170 | / |
| Osilamha | 93 | 4 | / |
| Osilamma | 93 | 1 | / |
| Osilami | 86 | 7 | / |
| Esilama | 86 | 4 | / |
| Osilame | 86 | 2 | / |
| Asilama | 86 | 1 | / |
| Eshilama | 80 | 76 | / |
| Oshilami | 80 | 7 | / |
| Oshilame | 80 | 1 | / |
| Osilameh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Asilamai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Asilamma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eshilamah | 75 | 18 | / |
| Hasilamma | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eshilamha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oselame | 71 | 460 | / |
| Oselami | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oselema | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ozelama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eselama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Esiloma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ajilama | 71 | 1 | / |
| Osilemo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asilami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asilaahmad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oshilemo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Essilamo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ozelamas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atsiloma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oseliame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esselama | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Osilama
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