Osumawei Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osumawei Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Osumawei Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1501:1,180,95247,933
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Osumawei Last Name Facts

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

The last name Osumawei occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Osumawei? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,428,594th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Osumawei live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Osumawei is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 1,180,952. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 92 percent live, Rivers, where 4 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osumowei881/
Osumaye803/
Osumabe801/
Osomuowei717/
Assoumawe717/
Ossoumaye711/
Asumowi6732/
Asumave6728/
Osumobi6718/
Osumova671/
Asumaye671/
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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 Osumawei
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