Osondu Surname

51,643rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,922 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osondu Surname User-submission:

Osondu is an Igbo surname meaning 'race of life'.

Osondu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9,6891:18,2831,713
United States961:3,775,614208,022
England511:1,092,51152,584
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Togo91:805,3086,372
Trinidad and Tobago91:151,5538,353
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
France11:66,422,722504,397
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Osondu (8,582) may also be a first name.

Osondu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Osondu is an Igbo surname meaning 'race of life'.

- chuxossy

Osondu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osondu is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Osondu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 51,643rd most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 734,484 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Osondu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Osondu is also the 67,884th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 8,582 people.

Osondu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9,689 people, or 1 in 18,283. In Nigeria Osondu is most prevalent in: Abia, where 35 percent live, Enugu, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Osondu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Osondu surname are 47.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 94.12% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Osondu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.5% less than the national average, earning R 131,880 per year and in United States they earn 40.94% more than the national average, earning $60,814 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osoundu929/
Ossondu925/
Osuondu923/
Ousondu922/
Osonndu922/
Oosondu921/
Ososndu921/
Osiondu921/
Oshondu921/
Osundu83863/
Ozondu83227/
Osandu83162/
Usondu83112/
Ojondu8343/
Asondu8338/
Esondu838/
Osomdu834/
Ochondu7710/
Asondou773/
Asgondu773/
Asonduh771/
Usonndu771/
Adsondu771/
Osandou771/
Asoondu771/
Ushondu771/
Ossandou719/
Assondou717/
Uzondu671,327/
Ojandu67533/
Ezondu6778/
Asandu6715/
Usundu6710/
Asundu677/
Ozundu674/
Osumdu674/
Esandu674/
Usomdu671/
Acondu671/
Ozandu671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Osondu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis