Osom Surname
Approximately 1,535 people bear this surname
Osom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Nigeria | 688 | 1:257,475 | 14,824 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Osom (201) may also be a first name.
Osom Demographics
Average Osom Salary in
United States
$51,700 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Osom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Osom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Osom (Hindi: ओसोम, Russian: Осом) is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Osom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Osom is the 256,751st most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,747,587 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Osom live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 639,077th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 201 people.
This last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 693 people, or 1 in 38,991. Excluding Ghana Osom exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 45 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Osom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Osom has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Osom surname grew 275 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Osom Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Osom last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.
Osom earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.82% more than the national average, earning $51,700 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Osom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Osom in the Hindi language | ||
| ओसोम | osoma | - |
| Osom in the Russian language | ||
| Осом | osom | - |
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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 Osom
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