Ospreay Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ospreay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ospreay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719

Ospreay Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ospreay is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ospreay? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Ospreay is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Ospreay reside; 67 percent reside in Northern Europe and 67 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England it is mostly found in: Greater London, where 100 percent reside. Barring England this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asprea77656/
Opreye7724/
Opreaa772/
Espraea711/
Oprie6715/
Opryj677/
Oprja676/
Oprée675/
Opreé671/
Oprae670/

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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 Ospreay
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