Osimuwa Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osimuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Osimuwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England21:27,859,030389,889

Osimuwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osimuwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osimuwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Osimuwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Osimuwa reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Osimuwa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 56 percent live and Ogun, where 38 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osimowo715/
Osimubi712/
Ojemuwa712/
Oshimowo677/
Ojemuiwa671/
Hachimuwa631/
Asimowo574/
Osemowe573/
Osemubo572/
Ashimowo532/
Osemuboh531/
Asimowou531/
Ezeamuwa531/
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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 Osimuwa
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