Osilonya Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osilonya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osilonya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3071:577,01227,888
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Osilonya Last Name Facts

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

Osilonya is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Osilonya.

How Common Is The Last Name Osilonya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 874,560th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Osilonya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 577,012. In Nigeria Osilonya is most numerous in: Delta, where 64 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Edo, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oshilonya94132/
Oosilonya942/
Osilionya941/
Oshilionya8911/
Osilionyas891/
Oshilonyah891/
Osilanya881/
Ossilanea711/
Osilaungia671/
Ossilanio591/
Ocilanio503/

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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
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  • 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 Osilonya
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