Osmanu Surname
Approximately 639 people bear this surname
Osmanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Osmanu (907) may also be a first name.
Osmanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osmanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osmanu is found most frequently in Ghana. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Osmanu.
How Common Is The Last Name Osmanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 511,519th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,404,610 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Osmanu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 269,394th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 907 people.
It is most numerous in Ghana, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Beside Ghana Osmanu occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Osmanu
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