Osineye Surname

321,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osineye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Osineye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1011:160,89310,075
England351:1,591,94567,242
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581

Osineye (12) may also be a first name.

Osineye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osineye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osineye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 321,573rd most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,276,956 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Osineye are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osineye is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 12 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,101 people, or 1 in 160,893. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 47 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Oyo, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Osineye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Osineye last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Osineye earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.53% less than the national average, earning $29,975 USD 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 Osineye
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